132 nut top recipes

Caramelized onion topping with rosemary and toasted pine nuts, slow-cooked in butter and olive oil. A savory make-ahead spread for crostini, pizza, roast meats, or tossed with pasta.

A layer of strawberries and whipped cream sandwiched by rich chocolate brownies. Creates a picture perfect dessert or Valentine day treat.

Four-layer chocolate torte with whipped cream filling, milk chocolate frosting, roasted pistachios, and handmade chocolate hearts on top. A stunning centerpiece from a simple cake mix.

No-bake frozen fruitcake salad with sour cream, whipped topping, candied cherries, pineapple, bananas, and pecans. A retro holiday dessert that freezes into a creamy, fruity slice.

Hawaiian cake starts with a yellow cake mix base topped with a cream cheese pudding layer, crushed pineapple, chopped nuts, maraschino cherries, and flaked coconut.

Crunchy toasted coconut and oat crust layered with a creamy lemon yogurt filling and topped with more golden coconut. A chilled, no-fuss dessert that cuts into tidy squares.

Fat-free cherry cheesecake bars with cinnamon cookie crust, creamy lemon-kissed filling, and glossy cherry topping that tastes like splurging but keeps calories in check.

Pecan cashew popcorn balls coated in buttery caramel made from scratch with a candy thermometer. A crunchy Halloween treat with pecans, cashews, and 8 cups of popped corn.

Bakery-style chocolate chip banana muffins with mashed ripe bananas, melted butter, and a crackly nut-topped dome. Sized for jumbo tins, with cinnamon warmth in every bite.

Better than sex brownies are dense fudgy squares built on melted unsweetened chocolate and shortening, topped with chopped nuts for crackling crunch against the gooey middle.

Rich, fudgy from-scratch brownies built on melted unsweetened chocolate and butter, studded with toasted nuts. A bakery-quality brownie with a thin crackly top and a moist, dense center.

Chocolate pumpkin muffins fold semisweet chips and solid-pack pumpkin into a cinnamon-spiced batter, baked hot for tall, tender tops finished with a chopped nut crunch on every cap.

Two-layer apricot bars with a buttery shortbread base and a chewy brown sugar-apricot-nut topping, rolled in powdered sugar. Makes 75 bite-sized bars from one pan.

A cake mix coffee cake with a coconut cinnamon crumb swirl running through the center and crunchy nut topping, finished with a vanilla glaze. One pan, one hour, zero fuss.

Prune whip spice cake with cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice, topped with homemade prune butter frosting studded with chopped prunes and nuts. A vintage classic.

Granny cake is a no-fuss pineapple sheet cake with a brown sugar nut topping baked on, then soaked with a hot vanilla milk glaze. A vintage dump-and-stir recipe with no butter in the batter.