Walnut Recipes

Wholesome whole-wheat muffins with dried apricots soaked in apple juice, spiced with cardamom and studded with walnuts.

Fig bread soaked in dry sherry with walnuts, cinnamon, and nutmeg baked into a dense, fragrant loaf. A sophisticated quick bread with warm spice and boozy fruit in every slice.

Bread machine cranberry orange breakfast bread with honey, cinnamon, allspice, and walnuts. Set it, forget it, and wake up to a warm, spiced loaf studded with dried cranberries.

German chocolate cake from scratch with a cooked coconut-pecan frosting. Three layers of buttermilk chocolate cake topped with a rich, chewy caramel-style filling.

Glossy dark chocolate glaze with melted chocolate, butter, and corn syrup. Pours smooth over cake layers and sets with a mirror-like sheen. Press chopped nuts into the sides for a bakery finish.

Chicken breasts pan-seared and finished in a Languedoc-style walnut and garlic aillade, with a tangy yogurt-lemon marinade for tenderness. Rustic French main with deep nutty richness.

Norwegian nut bread baked in cans with almonds, filberts, sunflower seeds, raisins, and orange zest. A dense, hearty Scandinavian quick bread with whole wheat and buttermilk.

No-beat chocolate fudge with semi-sweet chocolate, marshmallows, walnuts, and candied cherries. Just stir, pour, and set. Makes three pounds of rich, smooth fudge for holiday gifting.

Apricot white chocolate muffins with cinnamon-poached apricots, nutmeg, and good quality white chocolate. The poaching liquid adds apricot flavor right into the batter.

Three-layer Kona coffee torte with ground walnuts in the batter, orange-mocha buttercream filling, and mocha frosting. A Hawaiian-inspired cake where coffee, chocolate, and citrus meet.

A single-layer fudgy chocolate cake with dark corn syrup, pecans, and a shiny chocolate chip glaze. Brownie-dense and intensely chocolatey, this is the kind of cake you slice thin and savor slowly.

Peachy bread with sliced peaches, candied fruit, dates, raisins, walnuts, and mincemeat in a spiced brown sugar batter. A dense, fruit-packed holiday quick bread loaded with flavor.

Banana split bread for the bread machine packs sliced banana, strawberries, crushed pineapple, walnuts, chocolate chips, and maraschino cherries into one yeast loaf. Soda fountain in bread form.

Banana walnut bread, an easy one-bowl quick bread made with ripe mashed bananas, oil for moisture, and crunchy chopped walnuts. Moist, tender, and ready to slice for breakfast or a snack.

Viennese chocolate torte for Passover uses ground walnuts, cake meal, and potato starch in place of flour. A flourless-style torte split and filled with apricot-orange preserves and finished with a chocolate-orange glaze.

Vermont apple pie with layered tart apples, gingersnap-crumb streusel, crunchy walnuts, and a final pour of pure maple syrup. A New England-style heritage pie with deep fall flavors.