Walnut recipe collection

Giant apple cookie bakes a 12-inch pizza-style cookie loaded with reduced dried apples, walnuts, golden raisins, and cinnamon, drizzled with a tangy lemon icing. Sliceable shareable dessert.

Crispy fried pastries shaped like elephant ears, dusted with cardamom sugar and toasted pistachios. Afghan teatime treats that puff up golden and shatter when you bite in.

Gramma's chocolate cookies are old-school cake-style cookies: soft, pillowy, brown sugar deep, then topped with a glossy chocolate icing. Walnuts add crunch to a tender, milk-and-cocoa crumb.

Classic no-bake peanut butter chocolate cookies with oats, cocoa, sugar, and milk. Boil the base, stir in the oats and peanut butter, drop, and done.

Greek potato salad with dried tomatoes: roasted potatoes and concentrated tomatoes tossed in a bright lemon-and-olive-oil dressing, then chilled. A no-mayo Mediterranean side served cool.

Green tomato bread with pureed green tomatoes, plumped raisins, cinnamon, cloves, and chopped nuts baked into a spiced quick bread. The best way to use up end-of-season unripe tomatoes.

Guy's Chinese Chicken stir-fry with marinated chicken strips, snow peas, mushrooms, celery, peppers, and toasted walnuts in a glossy soy-cornstarch sauce. A weeknight wok dinner served over sticky rice.

Mini pound cake baked in a 6-inch loaf pan with butter, sugar, egg, and flour. A scaled-down classic with a tender, buttery crumb and a golden top that springs back when pressed.

Roast beef sandwiches on kaiser rolls with a horseradish cream cheese spread, chopped apple, and walnuts. A no-cook game day sandwich ready in 15 minutes with bold, crunchy layers.

Pumpkin spice popcorn snack mix with dried apples, cranberries, raisins, and walnuts tossed in brown sugar and cinnamon. A no-cook fall treat ready in 10 minutes.

Hawaiian chicken liver pate with sherry, brandy, curry powder, and toasted walnuts, shaped like a pineapple and decorated with olive slices. A retro showpiece appetizer for parties.

Hawaiian pineapple cake with coconut and walnuts topped with cream cheese frosting. A dense, fruity sheet cake baked low and slow with no oil or butter in the batter.

Hidden treasure chocolate chip cookies made with graham cracker crumbs, coconut, sweetened condensed milk, and semi-sweet chips. Tastes like a magic bar in cookie form.

Coffee cake with a hidden filling of dried figs, walnuts, brown sugar, and cinnamon baked between layers of vanilla batter. A sweet surprise in every slice.

Hoernchen are German almond crescent cookies made with ground almonds, butter, and vanilla, dipped in colored sugar or sprinkles for a festive holiday cookie.

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.