Recipe Sifter

Kahlua chocolate nut squares pack coffee liqueur into a brown sugar bar studded with semi-sweet chocolate and walnuts, then crowned with browned butter Kahlua icing for a grown-up bake sale showstopper.

Mint Surprise Cookies hide a melty chocolate mint wafer inside soft brown-sugar dough, each one crowned with a toasted walnut. Chill the dough so it seals the surprise neatly before baking.

Moist spiced zucchini cake with crushed pineapple, walnuts, currants, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Topped with an almond-lemon cream cheese frosting. A garden-to-dessert stunner.

Zesty fig and date pastry bars with walnuts, orange juice, and lemon zest on a buttery shortbread crust with a crisscross lattice top. A bright, old-school cookie bar.

Mrs Fields' applesauce oatmeal cookies loaded with chocolate chips, raisins, and walnuts. Soft, chewy, and spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg for a bakery-style cookie.

Tra-La coffee cake muffins with stewed figs baked into a quick batter, topped with brown sugar, cinnamon, butter, and walnut streusel. A vintage breakfast treat.

Pumpkin black walnut biscuits are tender Southern-style biscuits made with pumpkin puree, buttermilk, and chopped black walnuts, scented with cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice. Subtle, savory-sweet, fall on a plate.

Award winner brownies bake into rich, fudgy chocolate squares with a buttery crumb and optional toasted walnuts. Adjust pan size for chewy or cakey: 8-inch for chewy, 9-inch for cake-like. One-bowl ease.

Banana nut bread bakes a moist, walnut-studded loaf using ripe bananas and tangy buttermilk for a tender crumb. A classic Southern family quick bread recipe.

Light and fluffy banana squares made with whipped egg whites, mashed bananas, and optional walnuts. Baked in a 13x9 pan and topped with whipped cream and banana slices.

Chocolate walnut filled cake bakes a cocoa tube cake with a hidden ring of walnut filling running through the middle. Sugar-replacement-friendly tube pan dessert sweetened with fructose for low-sugar baking.

Enjoy this delicious dessert pizza. Buttery, creamy and chocolaty! The walnuts add extra nuttiness and crunchiness. Everyone will ask for the second slice. Make sure you make it enough!

Simple pineapple sheet cake topped with whipped cream and vanilla pudding frosting. Moist, fruity, and effortlessly crowd-pleasing for potlucks.

Homemade sticky buns with a soft yeast dough rolled up with cinnamon, brown sugar, raisins, and walnuts, then baked over a gooey caramel topping. Makes two dozen pull-apart buns worth waking up for.

German apple torte (apfeltorte): a butterless single-layer cake with diced apples and walnuts, golden and crunchy on top. Eight ingredients, 60 minutes, serves six.

Brandy-soaked apples baked into a moist sheet cake with walnuts, raisins, and warm spices. Simple mixing, no mixer needed.