678 nut recipes

A rich sour cream chocolate cake with a cocoa fudge filling marbled through the batter, creating "craters" as it bakes. Topped with chopped nuts and a dusting of powdered sugar. One pan, zero fuss.

Roasted Cornish hens stuffed with brown rice, pineapple, currants, and macadamia nuts, basted in a sweet red pepper jelly glaze with crystallized ginger. A showpiece dinner for entertaining.

Oatmeal cookies packed with chopped dates, sweetened coconut, and nuts in an orange juice-brown sugar dough. Three cups of oats for serious chew, plus cinnamon warmth in every bite.

Chocolate sheet cake (Texas sheet cake) with hot cocoa-buttermilk batter and a poured cocoa-buttermilk icing finished while the cake is still hot. The Southern church-supper crowd-feeder cut into 24 squares.

Paradise pumpkin cheesecake layers a gingered graham crust, a vanilla cream cheese layer and a spiced pumpkin layer, all crowned with a brown-sugar walnut praline topping. A Thanksgiving cheesecake showpiece.

Orange pork stir-fry with tenderloin marinated in orange juice, soy sauce, ginger, and sherry. Tossed with fresh vegetables and cashews in a glossy orange sauce over rice.

Moist spice cake made with apricot baby food and puréed canned apricots, topped with boiled brown sugar icing.

Vegetarian cabbage rolls stuffed with pressed tofu, brown rice, and nuts, seasoned with herbs and spices, then baked in a tomato-sauerkraut sauce until tender.

Loaded drop cookies packed with chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, coconut, oatmeal, nuts, and candy-coated chocolates on top. These kitchen sink cookies have everything but the sink.

Old-fashioned chocolate sheet cake with a boiled cocoa frosting that goes on while everything's still hot. Buttermilk keeps it moist, chopped nuts add crunch. Ready in under an hour.

Barley and wheat germ stuffing with cashews, sage, poultry seasoning, cream of mushroom soup, and tomato puree. A hearty, nutty alternative to bread stuffing.

A classic French pear and frangipane tart: vanilla-poached pears arranged over almond pastry cream spiked with kirsch and crushed macaroons, finished with apricot glaze and pistachios.

Myrtle's fruit cake bakes a brown-sugar-and-golden-syrup batter loaded with currants, sultanas, candied orange peel, and warming spices. British-style heritage Christmas loaf cake.

Gobi dal with red lentils, cauliflower, coconut, and cashews simmered in cumin, coriander, and turmeric. A thick, warming Indian stew that's a complete meal with rice.

Soft-baked bars with apples, cranberries, and nuts baked into orange-scented batter, then frosted with tangy orange cream cheese icing. Perfect for holiday cookie trays.

A fruit-packed quick bread loaded with dates, raisins, candied cherries, and walnuts, moistened with applesauce and oats for bakery-style loaves.