Walnut recipe collection

Banana walnut upside-down cake with a brown sugar-maple syrup caramel, sliced bananas in concentric circles, and a cinnamon butter cake. Served warm with whipped cream.

Banana-Date Bundt Cake combines mashed ripe bananas with pureed dates for a naturally moist, lower-fat cake with optional walnuts and a powdered sugar finish. Rich flavor, lighter crumb.

Banana-Walnut Cookies pack two cups of rolled oats into a soft, cinnamon-spiced drop cookie with mashed banana and brown sugar. A generous 60-cookie batch ready in 30 minutes.

Basic butter cookies with just 5 ingredients: flour, cornstarch, powdered sugar, butter, and walnuts. Melt-in-your-mouth shortbread-style cookies baked low and slow.

Cream cheese cookies with lemon zest, tender and buttery with a subtle tang from the cream cheese. A versatile roll-and-cut dough with just six ingredients. No eggs needed.

Basil-mint-orange pesto with walnuts and a splash of frozen orange juice concentrate. A bright, citrus-spiked pesto that works on grilled lamb, vegetables, and pasta.

Beef stew braised in cranberry chutney with raisins, walnuts, honey, and warm spices. Stewing beef slow-simmered until the tart cranberries melt into a rich, fruity sauce.

The recipe was quite easy, and the mixture of coating added a layer of great flavor and texture to the succulent beef tenderloin. My family certainly enjoyed it!

Beet pesto blends roasted beets and sauteed beet greens with toasted walnuts, garlic, banana pepper, and red onion. Vibrant magenta vegetarian pasta sauce or spread that uses the whole beet, root to leaf.

Berry-banana-walnut bread with mashed strawberries or raspberries, banana, orange zest, cinnamon, and nutmeg. A fruit-packed quick bread with a blueberry variation included.

Apple cranberry nut muffins packed with shredded apples, carrots, tart cranberries, and walnuts. Spiced with cinnamon for a moist, bakery-style muffin loaded with fruit and crunch.

Chewy butterscotch cookies with dark brown sugar, chopped walnuts, and a melted caramel-cream drizzle. Each cookie crowned with a walnut half and baked low and slow.

Classic walnut quick bread with a tender crumb and buttery nut flavor. Simple pantry ingredients, one bowl, and no yeast needed. Slice it thick and spread with cream cheese.

Birds in the Nest cookies with brown sugar dough rolled in ground nuts and filled with jelly. A thumbprint cookie recipe passed down through generations of holiday baking.

Birds nests are thumbprint cookies rolled in egg white and crushed walnuts, then filled with a jewel of fruit jam. A classic holiday tea cookie that bakes in 10 minutes.

Whole wheat biscotti with toasted walnuts and hazelnuts twice-bake into crisp, lemon-zest-scented cookies for dunking. Lower-sugar Italian cookie shaped into ropes, sliced, then re-baked.