Recipe Sifter

Warm fruit crisp loaded with sliced apples and plump raisins under a crunchy oat-pecan streusel. Soaking the raisins in boiling water keeps them tender. Serve with vanilla ice cream.

Z Tejas' chile fudge pie copycat: a gooey chocolate-and-nut pie spiked with smoky ancho chile puree for a subtle warmth behind the sweetness. Loaded with toasted pecans, walnuts, and melty chocolate chips.

Cinnamon buns or rolls are always our favorite. Glaze is made with cream cheese, icing sugar and maple syrup, which gives the cinnamon buns creaminess and extra sweetness. Have these delicious buns with a cup of coffee.

Pumpkin bundt cake with two cups of mashed pumpkin, cinnamon, chopped pecans, and optional chocolate chips. Tall, moist, golden fall cake that serves 16.

Classic oatmeal raisin cookies with pecans and cinnamon. The secret is soaking raisins in beaten eggs and vanilla for an hour, producing plump fruit and extra-chewy cookies.

Buttery coffee pecan muffins with dark brown sugar and instant coffee dissolved right into the batter. Crunchy, nutty, and ready in 40 minutes for a grab-and-go breakfast.

Banana pineapple pecan cake (Southern hummingbird-style) with crushed pineapple folded right into the batter, finished with a pineapple buttercream. Moist, fruity, and a potluck winner.

Jewelled fruitcake studded with candied cherries, pineapple, dried apricots, and pecans in a mincemeat batter with sweetened condensed milk. A festive holiday cake.

Praline apple waffle cookies baked right in a waffle iron, with shredded apple, chopped pecans, and a cinnamon-sugar dusting. A two-minute cookie shortcut with crisp patterned edges.

Chocolate apricot upside-down cake with a caramelized brown sugar base, tender apricot halves, and pecans beneath a cocoa-rich batter. Served with cinnamon whipped cream.

Kentucky bourbon cake with raisins soaked in whiskey, toasted pecans, and a bourbon brush after baking. A make-ahead Southern Bundt that gets better as it ages, wrapped in a bourbon-soaked cheesecloth.

Miniature nut-filled pastries with a sour cream butter dough wrapped around pecans or walnuts in dark corn syrup. Bite-sized, flaky, and they store beautifully.

Pumpkin macaroons made with ground pecans, coconut, pumpkin puree, and maple syrup. Light and chewy egg white cookies sweetened naturally without refined sugar. Baked low and slow.

Texas brownie cake, a thin and fudgy sheet cake with a boiled cocoa-butter batter poured over flour, finished with warm chocolate icing and chopped pecans. The Lone Star State's answer to a sheet pan dessert.

Banana oatmeal pecan bread with whole wheat flour, rolled oats, ripe bananas, honey, and a generous cup of broken pecans. A hearty quickbread with no white sugar.

Enjoy the ultimate treat with these Cheddar Box Chocolate Chip Cookies, featuring a rich, buttery dough packed with toasted pecans and generous chocolate chips. Perfectly crispy edges and a soft center make them irresistible!