Dessert, Walnut Recipes

Apple oatmeal chewy bars with diced Golden Delicious apple, walnuts, brown sugar, and cinnamon baked in a 13x9 pan. A one-bowl bar cookie that's soft, fruity, and packed with texture.

Easy banana walnut snack cake using a box cake mix, mashed banana, and chopped walnuts. Baked in a square pan and dusted with powdered sugar through a doily.

Beehive cookies are chewy, golden drop cookies made with honey, shredded coconut, walnuts, and chopped dates. Naturally sweet with no refined sugar, ready in 30 minutes.

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.

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.

Peach sundae with vanilla ice cream, cling peach halves, a homemade ginger-walnut sauce, and a splash of Southern Comfort. A grown-up dessert in 15 minutes.

Chewy walnut squares made with brown sugar, one egg, and just half a cup of flour. A no-butter bar cookie that stays soft in the center with a crackly top.

Chocolate chip beer cake with sour cream, walnuts, and a cinnamon-sugar swirl baked in a tube pan. Incredibly moist with a tender, dense crumb from the beer and sour cream combo.

Flourless chocolate cake made with four kinds of nuts, bittersweet chocolate, and citrus zest, served with honey-glazed grilled orange sections. A Sephardic-inspired dessert.

A light, spongy chocolate walnut cake with ground toasted walnuts, cocoa, and cinnamon, split and filled with orange marmalade. No butter needed in this elegant European-style torte.

Chocolate-coconut layer cake with tender buttermilk chocolate layers, flaked coconut folded through, and a rich walnut-chocolate filling between whipped cream layers.

Chocolate-filled ravioli cookies are sweet pasta-shaped pillows with a crushed chocolate-walnut filling, sealed with fork tines and brushed warm with honey. The Italian-American holiday cookie that doubles as edible art.

Chocolate chip snack cake with cream cheese pockets: a no-egg, no-butter chocolate cake topped with dollops of sweetened cream cheese, chocolate chips, and walnuts. The retro depression-era "crazy cake" upgraded.

Triple chocolate cookies with melted semi-sweet and unsweetened chocolate in the batter, chocolate chips folded in, then dipped in more melted chocolate. Fudgy, crackle-topped, and loaded with nuts.

Buttery cinnamon crinkle cookies with a cinnamon-sugar crust and a pecan half pressed into each center. Cream of tartar gives them that signature chewy-crisp edge.