Nut recipe collection

Rich chocolate fudge cake with instant coffee and sour cream, topped with a glossy fudge nut glaze. A single-layer showstopper for holiday dessert tables.

Holly Cluster cookies: chewy brown-sugar chocolate chip cookies topped with green marzipan holly leaves and red cinnamon candy berries. Holiday cookie tray showpiece with old-school decorating charm.

Homemade peanut butter fudge cooks sugar and milk to soft-ball stage, then beats in butter and peanut butter for a four-ingredient old-fashioned candy. The classic stovetop fudge.

Honey baked squash: acorn squash rings roasted tender and topped with a honey-pecan oat crunch. Sweet, nutty, and the make-ahead crunch keeps for months.

Honey-baked chicken stuffed with a sauteed squash, zucchini, pecan, and whole wheat breadcrumb dressing, basted with apple juice and honey glaze. A lighter roast chicken with a vegetable-packed stuffing.

Honey walnut prawns are crispy cornstarch-battered shrimp tossed in a creamy honey-mayo-lemon sauce and topped with candied walnuts. A popular Chinese-American restaurant dish made at home.

Bourbon whiskey loaf cake loaded with golden raisins and pecans, flavored with molasses and nutmeg. A dense, boozy fruitcake that improves as it ages in the fridge.

Baked hot beef dip with dried beef, cream cheese, sour cream, and white wine, topped with toasted pecans. A warm, savory party appetizer ready in 40 minutes.

Baked Brie with toasted slivered almonds, served warm with sesame crackers. A 3-ingredient appetizer that looks impressive and takes 20 minutes start to finish.

Angel food cake split into four layers and filled with strawberry and chocolate ice cream. Covered in whipped cream frosting with almonds and chocolate leaves.

Spiced drop cookies loaded with raisins, candied fruit, dates, and walnuts, topped with a vanilla icing. A fruitcake-style cookie perfect for holiday gift giving.

Iced cinnamon roll coffee cake made from refrigerated cinnamon rolls, walnuts, and extra cinnamon sugar, baked in a pie pan. A 5-ingredient shortcut brunch cake ready in 40 minutes.

Grated Granny Smith apples and warm spices bake into a tender brown-sugar cake, pierced and drenched in a buttery brown-sugar glaze. Walnut crunch and frozen vanilla yogurt finish each slice.

Versatile Indian curry sauce with apple, chutney, and curry powder that works with chicken, meat, or tofu. A creamy, flour-thickened curry you can build around whatever protein you have.

Creamy chicken curry with a surprise ingredient: cola. Simmered chicken in a buttery apple-curry sauce with raisins and half-and-half, served over rice with all the classic condiments.

Iowa applesauce cake, a moist spiced sheet cake with raisins and walnuts, crowned with tangy cream cheese frosting and dusted through a paper doily. Heartland baking at its cozy best.