2,142 pecan recipes

Four cheesecake crust recipes in one: classic graham cracker, chocolate wafer, spicy gingersnap, and toasted nut. Pick your base and build your dream cheesecake.

Helen's Cheesecake with a ground pecan and graham cracker crust, a lemon-kissed cream cheese filling, and a sour cream topping baked right on. Refrigerate 24 to 72 hours - patience is the secret ingredient.

Showstopper cheesecake with a pecan shortbread crust, cranberry glaze layer, white chocolate orange filling, and candied orange slice topping. A stunning holiday dessert that requires overnight chilling.

Holiday fruit cake bakes candied pineapple, red and green cherries, golden and dark raisins, pecans, and oats into a nutmeg-mace spiced loaf. Wraps and keeps for weeks.

Spicy banana cake baked in a tube pan with cinnamon, cloves, raisins, and pecans. A warmly spiced, dense crumb that turns overripe bananas into something worth slicing thick.

Savory nut pie with a potato crust: pecans or walnuts with sauteed onion, celery, rosemary, thyme, and tamari baked in an unbaked potato crust. A hearty vegan main dish.

Eggnog log cookies are festive holiday rolls flavored with rum and nutmeg, dipped in icing, and rolled in toasted pecans. The Christmas cookie tin classic with eggnog-inspired warmth.

Elegant meringue pie shell filled with fresh strawberries, chocolate drizzle, and billowy whipped cream. This crispy, nutty crust bakes overnight in a cooling oven.

Blue corn biscotti studded with pistachios and pecans, flavored with anisette. Twice-baked for a crisp, crunchy Southwestern twist on the Italian classic. Built for dunking.

A vintage date bread baked right inside empty beer cans with maple syrup, pecans, and real beer in the batter. Yields perfectly round slices and makes a charming homemade gift.

Cinnamon-spiced blondies packed with fresh apples and pecans. Soft, cake-like, and perfect warm with vanilla yogurt or a simple glaze drizzled on top.

Cranberry pear crisp with a brown rice base topped with oats, pecans, and coconut. A unique fall dessert with tart cranberries and sweet pears.

Apple pound cake loaded with chopped apples, pecans, and raisins spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. A moist oil-based tube cake baked low and slow until golden.

Triple-layer cheesecake with a chocolate cookie crust, chocolate cream cheese base, brown sugar pecan middle, and almond-vanilla sour cream top. Showstopper dessert, worth the effort.

Mexican wedding cakes are always a holiday favorite but this recipe takes it up a notch or two, writes Mary Wilhelm of Sparta.

A rustic pie-cake hybrid loaded with diced apples and pecans, baked in a pie plate and served warm with rum butter sauce and whipped cream.