2,104 pecan recipes

Old-fashioned date and pecan cake baked low and slow in a tube pan. More fruit and nuts than batter, with a dense, rich texture similar to fruitcake.

Bread pudding loaded with pecans, raisins, and chopped apple, baked in a spiced custard and drowned in a rich bourbon butter sauce. A classic New Orleans-style dessert.

Low-calorie carrot cake sweetened with fructose instead of sugar, loaded with grated carrots and pecans, spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. A diabetic-friendly tube cake with less sugar.

German chocolate cake using yellow cake mix doctored with melted German sweet chocolate, pudding mix, and buttermilk. Three layers stacked with classic cooked coconut-pecan filling between. The bakery-quality version of a backyard birthday classic.

Cocoa cookies with semisweet chocolate chips, pecan-crusted tops, and a gooey caramel center pressed into each one. Soft, fudgy, and done in 35 minutes. Makes 4 dozen.

Blueberry streusel muffins with a pecan-brown sugar-cinnamon crumble topping and a lemon glaze drizzle. Bakery-style muffins with lemon zest in the batter and the streusel.

Chocolate turtle cake with a gooey caramel and pecan layer hidden between two devil's food cake layers, topped with a boiled cocoa frosting. Inspired by turtle candy.

Pumpkin bars built on a spice cake mix shortcut: a press-in crust topped with a pumpkin custard layer, finished with chopped pecans. Thirty-two festive holiday bars from one box of mix.

Three layer pumpkin pie with a spiced pumpkin filling, brown sugar pecan streusel, and a creamy vanilla cream cheese topping. Makes two showstopper pies for Thanksgiving.

A 5-ingredient overnight pull-apart breakfast cake made with frozen dinner rolls, butter, brown sugar, pecans, and vanilla pudding mix. Prep tonight, bake tomorrow.

Traditional fruitcake studded with dates, figs, candied citron, pecans, and brandy-soaked fruits becomes a family heirloom recipe worth making.

Mix-in-pan carrot cake: stir all ingredients directly in the baking pan with a fork, no extra bowls or mixers. Spiced with cinnamon and allspice, topped with classic cream cheese frosting.

Delaware cream cheese-pineapple pie with a layer of thickened crushed pineapple under a vanilla cream cheese custard, topped with chopped pecans and baked until golden. Two layers of flavor in every slice.

Creamy mashed sweet potatoes topped with a buttery pecan praline sauce cooked to soft ball stage. A make-ahead Southern side dish that belongs on every holiday table.

Rich chocolate cookies with a gooey caramel candy hidden inside, topped with chopped pecans and drizzled with melted fondant. Makes 4 dozen stuffed cookies.

Stuffed pork chops filled with chopped apples, cheddar cheese, toasted pecans, and Italian bread crumbs with apple pie spice, baked in orange juice until golden and juicy.