Walnut Recipes

Friendship banana bread made with Amish friendship starter for extra tang and moisture, plus walnuts and a choice of orange zest or vanilla. A sourdough-style banana loaf.

Vintage gumdrop squares: chewy brown sugar bars studded with chopped gumdrops and walnuts, finished with a tangy orange butter frosting. A retro Christmas cookie tray treat.

Soft banana oatmeal cookies packed with walnuts, warm spices, and a tangy mashed-banana frosting. Old-fashioned cookies with a fruity lemon-bright finish.

A double-crust caramel walnut pie: walnuts simmered into a reduced-cream caramel and sealed in a tender shortcrust, served a la mode with from-scratch vanilla bean ice cream. A restaurant-worthy dessert.

Chewy butterscotch cookies with dark brown sugar, chopped walnuts, and a melted caramel-cream drizzle. Each cookie crowned with a walnut half and baked low and slow.

Chocolate pecan pie variation with walnuts, coconut, and mini chocolate chips in a corn syrup-rich filling. The Southern classic crossed with German chocolate flavors.

Sour cream coffee cake is a tender, moist brunch cake with a cinnamon-walnut sugar topping layered both through the middle and on top. Sour cream keeps the crumb soft and fine, with a gentle tang.

Pumpkin nut cake baked directly in sealed canning jars for long storage. Warmly spiced pumpkin-walnut cake with cloves, cinnamon, and allspice. A giftable holiday treat.

Soft pumpkin walnut cookies topped with maple frosting. Made with real pumpkin puree, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, and crunchy walnuts for a cakey fall cookie.

Morning glory muffins packed with grated carrot, apple, raisins, coconut, and toasted nuts. A hearty breakfast muffin loaded with goodness in every bite, ready in 50 minutes.

No-butter orange oatmeal cookies sweetened with banana, honey, and orange juice concentrate. Soft, fruity, and loaded with walnuts and golden raisins.

Pumpkin Vermont spice cake with four warm spices, split into four layers and frosted with maple-flavored cream cheese frosting. A stunning fall celebration cake topped with pecans.

Tiny fruit turnovers filled with a stovetop apricot-date filling and chopped nuts, wrapped in a lemon-scented cookie dough. Bite-sized pastries for holiday trays.

Classic moist carrot cake studded with grated carrot, crushed pineapple, and walnuts, warm with cinnamon and topped with tangy cream cheese frosting. The pineapple keeps every slice tender and moist.

Mississippi mud cake loaded with cocoa, butter, and pecans under a thick chocolate buttercream icing. Dense, fudgy, and unapologetically Southern.

Old-fashioned steamed persimmon pudding with cinnamon, rum, walnuts, and raisins. A dense, moist holiday dessert steamed for 2 hours in a pudding mold for a rich, spiced fruit pudding.