Walnut Recipes

Orange marmalade nut bread with chopped pecans or walnuts and fresh orange zest. A citrusy quick bread served sliced with softened cream cheese.

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

Buttermilk walnut bundt cake baked over a brown sugar and Karo syrup topping with whole walnuts. A sticky-bottomed cake with a tender, airy crumb from whipped egg whites.

Victorian jewels mini fruitcakes: brandy-soaked candied fruit, raisins, and walnuts baked into tender two-bite cakes. A glossy jelly glaze gives each one its jewel-box shine. Holiday gifting star.

Chocolate chip cookies with finely ground rolled oats blended into the flour for hidden chew and structure. Loaded with milk chocolate chips and toasty walnuts. No-fail dough.

Knockoff Neiman-Marcus chocolate chip cookies built on the famous internet legend recipe: blender-pulverized oatmeal for tender chew, two kinds of chocolate, and a generous load of toasted walnuts or pecans.

Whole wheat banana bread loaded with oats, peanuts, walnuts, raisins, prunes, and molasses. A nutrient-dense breakfast loaf packed with fiber, protein, and natural sweetness from fruit and brown sugar.

Crisp orange butter cookies pressed paper-thin and baked until golden. A simple 6-ingredient dough with fresh orange zest that produces delicate, lacy-edged cookies.

Pheasant Amerind with poached then roasted pheasant halves in a mushroom pan gravy with thyme, rosemary, and chopped black walnuts.

Philadelphia-style sour cream apple pie in a butter crust, topped with a brown sugar walnut streusel. The Pennsylvania classic that swaps lattice for custard and crunch.

Pineapple upside-down cake with a surprising twist of fresh rosemary in the batter plus walnuts and sour cream. A savory-sweet spin on the retro classic.

Pistachio butter cookies piped through a star tip and topped with chopped pistachios. Rich, buttery spritz-style cookies with a delicate crumb and elegant bakery presentation.

Pumpkin banana nut bread with cinnamon and ginger, two kinds of sugar, and chopped walnuts. Makes two loaves of moist, spiced quick bread that freezes beautifully.

Pumpkin Spice Cookies with Raisin and Walnut recipe

Anise-scented raisin biscotti with walnuts, lemon zest, and orange zest. Butter-based dough double-baked until crisp. A traditional Italian dunking cookie with citrus and spice.

Greek sesame turnovers filled with ground walnuts, almonds, and sesame seeds in an olive oil pastry. Finished with orange flower water and powdered sugar for a fragrant, flaky bite.