29 glazed nut recipes

Roasted Cornish hens stuffed with brown rice, pineapple, currants, and macadamia nuts, basted in a sweet red pepper jelly glaze with crystallized ginger. A showpiece dinner for entertaining.

Upside-down apple pie with a caramelized brown sugar and pecan bottom that becomes the glossy top when flipped. Glazed and served warm with the nuts on display.

Lemon nut bread with whole wheat and white flours, finished with a poured fresh-lemon glaze that soaks into the warm loaf. A lighter quick bread made with egg whites and skim milk for tender crumb without the cholesterol.

Easy and oh so delicious. Any kind of onions work well but for extra sweetness keep an eye out for baby vidalias, top with a quick balsamic glaze to kick it up a notch.

A wild ribbon cake with melted Snickers bars swirled through box cake batter, orange zest in the other half, and a Snickers glaze drizzle on top. Fun, easy, unforgettable.

Mocha marble cake made with tofu, tahini, honey, and coffee substitute swirled with chocolate glaze on a graham cracker crust. Creamy, dairy-free, and egg-free.

A moist Christmas quick bread with orange juice, mashed banana, prune puree, candied fruit, raisins, and nuts, topped with a thin powdered sugar icing and glacé cherries. Freezes beautifully for gifting.

Grilled bourbon chicken basted with a sticky glaze of bourbon whiskey, dark brown sugar, ketchup, Worcestershire, and garlic. Sweet, smoky, and charred at the edges. Backyard BBQ gold.

Turtle cookies with pecan halves, caramel candy centers wrapped in brown sugar shortbread, and a chocolate glaze dip. Adorable candy-shop cookies from scratch.

Crispy-skinned roast goose glazed with honey, soy, and lemon. This Chinese banquet centerpiece requires patience for air-drying but rewards with lacquered, golden skin and succulent meat.

Honey mustard grilled steaks and red onions get a five-minute Dijon glaze with honey, cider vinegar, and hot sauce. Sticky, tangy, and ready in under 30 minutes from grill to plate.

Light carrot cake made with applesauce instead of oil and egg whites instead of whole eggs, studded with raisins and drizzled with a fresh orange glaze. Lower in fat but still full of flavor.

Eccles cakes pack currants, mixed peel and warming spice inside flaky rough puff pastry, glazed with milk and crunchy caster sugar. Classic Lancashire teatime pastry from northwest England.