Walnut Recipes

An intensely dark chocolate sheet cake made with strong black coffee and buttermilk, topped with a rich "Hundred Dollar Frosting" of melted chocolate, butter, walnuts, and a surprising touch of lemon juice.

A three-layer chocolate cake with cocoa and walnut extract, blanketed in fluffy marshmallow icing and showered with chopped black walnuts. All the joy of an ice cream sundae, no melting required.

Whole wheat spaghetti tossed with sesame oil, crumbled blue cheese, and scattered with bergamot flower petals. A five-ingredient pasta that's elegant, earthy, and utterly unique.

Frozen blueberry-coconut pie with a baked coconut-walnut base topped with crushed blueberries folded into whipped cream. A make-ahead frozen dessert straight from the freezer.

Bread machine bran bread loaded with raisins, figs, and walnuts creates a hearty, fiber-rich loaf perfect for toast, sandwiches, or healthy breakfast spreads.

Stir-fried broccoli with oyster sauce, garlic, and fresh ginger. Five ingredients, crisp-tender florets, and a glossy dark sauce in under 10 minutes.

Fudgy brownie cakes steamed in canning jars inside a slow cooker. Rich cocoa buttermilk batter with walnuts, unmolded and served warm with ice cream.

Brownie cookies are roll-and-cut chocolate cookies with melted semi-sweet and unsweetened chocolate, walnuts, and a tender, fudgy bite. Doubles as a press-in crust for ice-cream pies.

Mini brownie cups with a cream cheese pastry shell filled with melted semi-sweet chocolate and chopped walnuts. Bite-sized treats baked in mini muffin tins that combine fudgy brownie with a buttery crust.

Chewy chocolate oatmeal cookies made with melted semi-sweet chocolate, rolled oats, brown sugar, and chopped walnuts. Part brownie, part oatmeal cookie, these gems yield 3 dozen in about 30 minutes.

Butter balls made from breadcrumbs, butter, cream, eggs, and allspice, rolled and dropped into chicken noodle soup. Old-fashioned soup dumplings that cook right in the broth.

Butter pecan pie crust: a four-ingredient shortbread-style crust with chopped pecans pressed into a 9-inch pie plate. Press in, bake 15 minutes, fill with cheesecake, custard, or icebox pie filling.

Homemade butter toffee loaded with almonds and walnuts, topped with melted milk chocolate and more nuts. Cooked to hard crack stage with a hint of rum extract. Break into shards for gifting.

Layered caramel brownies with German sweet chocolate, a gooey melted caramel center, chocolate chips, and walnuts. Fudgy, chewy, and utterly over the top. Makes 25.

Homemade caramel nut corn with walnuts, pecans, or almonds coated in a brown sugar and corn syrup caramel, then baked low and slow until crunchy. Addictive snack for gifting.

Belgian carbonnade braises beef chuck and smoked ham in dark beer with onions, carrots, and herbs, finished with scotch, vinegar, and toasted walnuts. Deep stew flavor in every spoonful.