507 pecan recipes

Mocha java bread for the bread machine with instant coffee, mocha mix, rye flour, applesauce, brown sugar, and chopped pecans. A coffee-lover's yeast bread with zero effort.

This recipe makes a dense, small loaf, with much the consistency of a bagel, but very good. It is a cross between pumpkin pie and raisin bread.

Homemade chocolates in the Laura Secord style: a creamy fondant center mixed with maple, mint, lemon, orange, or almond flavoring, then dip-coated in semisweet chocolate. The chocolate-shop classics, made on the kitchen counter.

Passover cake is made with matzo meal. Moist and tasty!

Cajun rice dressing with apples, raisins, pecans, and a cayenne-white pepper seasoning mix. Sweet-savory-spicy side dish cooked in stock until tender and fluffy.

Old-fashioned date and nut candy rolled in a wet towel and sliced into rounds. Just five ingredients, no thermometer fuss, with a soft fudge-like chew.

Light pumpkin praline cheesecake: low-fat cottage cheese stands in for cream cheese, wheat germ replaces graham crumbs in the crust, and pumpkin pie spice carries the flavor. Topped with maple-drizzled pecans.

Whole wheat date nut bread for the bread machine with chopped dates, pecans, and milk powder. Hearty, naturally sweet sandwich loaf with no added sugar.

Christmas Lizzies are boozy Southern fruitcake cookies loaded with candied cherries, raisins, dates, pecans, and citrus zest, soaked in whiskey. Make them weeks ahead and drizzle with spirits to age.

Soft cream cheese cookies studded with pecans and swirled with apricot preserves, topped with matching apricot frosting and coconut for pillowy sweetness.

Maple nut biscuit ring made with refrigerated biscuit dough, brown sugar, pecans, and maple syrup. Five ingredients, one bundt pan, and golden pull-apart bread in under an hour.

Chewy molasses oatmeal cookies with pecans, raisins, cinnamon, and cloves, drizzled with melted chocolate. Three cups of oats give these a hearty, old-fashioned chew.

Whole wheat banana bread with pecans and maple syrup, made entirely in a bread machine. Just load, press start, and let the machine do the work. Five minutes of active prep.

No-bake bourbon whiskey balls rolled in powdered sugar with vanilla wafer crumbs, pecans, and cocoa. A classic Southern holiday treat that gets better the longer it chills.

Turkey topped with creamy fresh Chavrie and tangy, sweet cranberries. Just perfect for Thanksgiving!

A warmly spiced bread machine loaf loaded with canned pumpkin, yogurt, wheat germ, chopped pecans, and raisins. Set it, walk away, and come back to a house that smells like fall.