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Old-fashioned date and pecan cake baked low and slow in a tube pan. More fruit and nuts than batter, with a dense, rich texture similar to fruitcake.

Pecan turtle bars with a buttery shortbread crust, bubbly brown sugar caramel layer, whole pecans, and swirled milk chocolate on top. Addictively rich cookie bars.

Butter-free pecan sugar cookies with brown sugar, honey, cinnamon, and allspice. Chewy with warm spice flavor and ground pecans in every bite.

Beverwyks are old Dutch spiced cookies with cloves, allspice, cinnamon, and chopped raisins rolled and cut into shapes. A traditional holiday cookie from New York's Dutch heritage.

Slow cooker carrot tea bread bakes a moist cinnamon-spiced loaf with grated carrots and toasted pecans inside the crockpot. A no-oven quick bread for hot weather or busy kitchens.

Cocoa brownies with a secret weapon: three cloves of garlic melted right into the butter. Fudgy inside, springy on top, loaded with walnuts and topped with blanched almonds.

Pecan crispies made with brown sugar, butter, and shortening for thin, crunchy cookies with caramel-like flavor. A simple drop cookie recipe that bakes up crisp every batch.

Almond paste macaroons studded with coconut and walnuts, piped into rosettes and crowned with candied cherries. Chewy, fragrant Italian-style cookies for the holiday tin.

Jam shortbread bars sandwich a layer of cherry or raspberry preserves between two almond-rich shortbread layers. A buttery, almond-scented sliced bar for tea trays and holiday tins.

Buttery pecan snowball cookies rolled in powdered sugar. No eggs, no leavening, just six ingredients for a crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth shortbread-style cookie.

Crustless cranberry pie with fresh cranberries and pecans under a golden, buttery batter that bakes into its own sweet crust. A simple holiday dessert with no pie dough needed.

English toffee bars with a buttery shortbread crust, pecan halves, bubbly toffee topping, and melted milk chocolate pressed on top. Three layers of crunch, caramel, and chocolate in every bar.

Buttery sugar diamonds cookies with cinnamon and pecans. Sheet pan bar cookies with a crispy pecan topping that bake until golden at 300°F.

Coffee chiffon cake folds whipped egg whites into a coffee-spiked oil and yolk batter for a tall, springy cake with deep coffee flavor and the airy crumb that defines chiffon.

Old-fashioned cold water cake with muscat raisins, warm spices, and no eggs or butter. A Depression-era boiled raisin cake that bakes up dense, spiced, and deeply satisfying.

Cream cheese butter cookies folded into delicate lily shapes with strawberry jam peeking out the top, finished with a dusting of powdered sugar. A stunning addition to any holiday cookie tray.