117 nut top recipes

Soft apple cookies loaded with raisins, nuts, and warm spices, topped with a vanilla powdered sugar glaze. Apple juice in the batter doubles down on fresh apple flavor.

Old-fashioned date cake with chopped nuts and a warm date-sugar topping poured over straight from the oven. Serve with whipped cream for a rich, sticky finish.

Lemon-Cheese Babka, an Eastern European yeast bread with a tangy cream cheese and cottage cheese filling, plump raisins and cinnamon-nut crumb on top. A bright, citrusy twist on the classic holiday sweet bread.

Yellow cake studded with mandarin oranges and pecans, topped with a cooked pineapple glaze, sliced bananas, and a fluffy vanilla pudding-Cool Whip frosting loaded with coconut and nuts.

German chocolate layered apple cake with sliced apples and cinnamon-nut batter in alternating layers, topped with cream cheese frosting. A semi-homemade cake that tastes fully from scratch.

Hearty wholegrain coffeecake with Bisquick, rolled oats, brown sugar, and cinnamon with a crunchy oat-nut-butter streusel layered through the middle and on top. Served warm for breakfast.

Frosted orange cookies made with mandarin oranges baked into the dough, topped with an orange syrup glaze and fresh orange zest. Soft, fruity, and loaded with raisins and nuts.

Two-color chocolate brownies: ultra-rich dark chocolate brownies with walnuts, topped with a white chocolate cream icing and ground nuts. A bakery-style double-batch for a crowd.

Oatmeal pumpkin cookies fold pumpkin puree, rolled oats, chocolate chips, raisins, and nuts into a cinnamon-spiced dough. Drizzle with lemon glaze or top with chocolate candies. Makes 96.

Dump cake with pie filling, crushed pineapple, yellow cake mix, and melted butter topped with coconut and nuts. A no-mix dessert where you literally dump everything into the pan and bake.

Lazy Daisy oatmeal cake with rolled oats soaked in boiling water for a moist crumb, topped with a broiled brown sugar, coconut, and nut frosting that bubbles up caramel-golden. A beloved American classic.

Soft, cake-like banana cookies with buttermilk and chopped nuts, topped with a thin vanilla confectioners' sugar icing. Chill the dough for puffier cookies. A vintage recipe with 18 reviews.

Rich spiced cake with cookie-crisp edges and a moist, chewy center loaded with apples, nuts, and brandy. Stiff dough bakes into bars with crunchy tops and brownie-soft middles.

Wheat-free Italian cream cake made with rice flour and buckwheat flour, loaded with coconut and nuts, topped with honey cream cheese frosting. A naturally sweetened, gluten-friendly Southern showstopper.

Hearty summer pasta and lentil salad with green lentils, pasta shells, crunchy veggies, cherry tomatoes, and a garlicky Dijon vinaigrette. Topped with pine nuts for a protein-packed potluck favorite.

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.