Walnut recipe collection

Mincemeat bars with a buttery oat-walnut crust sandwiching a thickened mincemeat filling. Old-fashioned holiday dessert squares that store beautifully in a tin.

Rich mincemeat plum pudding with rum, orange, and walnuts using microwave speed for moist holiday desserts ready in 30 minutes instead of hours.

Mix and match cereal gorp is a no-cook trail mix with cereal, nuts, dried fruit, and chocolate chips. Build your own flavor combo and chill for an hour before snacking.

Mocha nut butter balls: tender, snowball-style shortbread cookies flavored with cocoa and instant coffee, packed with toasted walnuts or pecans, rolled in sugar.

Oatmeal cookies loaded with toasted walnuts and shredded coconut, rolled in sugar before baking for a sparkly, crackled top. Old-school four-dozen batch.

Greek monastery cookies rolled in chopped nuts or sesame seeds, filled with apricot or rose preserves. Buttery thumbprint cookies with a crisp nut coating and jammy center.

Moosewood fudge brownies made with unsweetened chocolate, brown sugar and five eggs for an ultra-rich, fudgy bar. A classic from the Moosewood cookbook with just six pantry ingredients and no cocoa powder shortcuts.

No-bake, 3-layer, chocolate covered bars. Nanaimo bars are a traditional Canadian dessert, though nobody is certain where the tradition came from.

No-bake graham orange walnut cookies roll up bright orange juice concentrate, crunchy walnuts, and graham crumbs into bite-sized balls. No oven, no eggs, ready in 10 minutes for a citrus-kissed holiday cookie.

Buttery shortbread-style nut fingers with toasted walnuts and cornstarch for a melt-in-your-mouth texture. Rolled into ropes, baked golden, and dusted with confectioners' sugar.

Chewy oatmeal cookies studded with colorful gumdrop pieces and toasted coconut. These fork-pressed treats bake up soft with crispy edges in just 10 minutes for an easy 5-dozen batch.

October cake with yams, apples, walnuts, and raisins in a maple syrup batter spiked with orange marmalade and Grand Marnier. A dense, spiced autumn loaf cake.

Off-The-Wall Chocolate Cake starts with devil's food mix, then gets a cream cheese swirl loaded with chocolate chips and walnuts dropped right into the batter. Done in 1 hour.

Old-fashioned blondie brownies with a deep brown sugar caramel base, chopped walnuts, and a single egg. No chocolate, no melted butter. Simple chewy bars made the traditional way.

One bowl chocolate fudge made in the microwave with just semi-sweet chocolate, sweetened condensed milk, vanilla, and walnuts. Five ingredients, no candy thermometer, no stovetop.

Orange chocolate crunch cake with fresh orange segments baked into the batter, topped with a crunchy layer of brown sugar, chocolate chips, and walnuts. No butter needed.