What Are Nuts and How Can I Use Them?
If nuts have turned up in a recipe or caught your eye at the store, here's what you need to use them with confidence and how to choose them, cook them, store them, what to substitute, and 1,254 recipes to try them in.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 cup (137g)Where found
Nuts are usually found in the snacks section or aisle of the grocery store or supermarket.
Food group
Nuts are a member of the Nut and Seed Products US Department of Agriculture nutritional food group.
How much do nuts weigh?
| Amount | Weight |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | 137 grams |
| 1 ounce | 28 grams |
Related
Nut and Seed Products
| In Chinese: | 坚果 | |
| British (UK) term: | ||
| en français: | noix | |
| en español: | nueces |
Recipes using nuts
There are 1254 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Quickand Easy Fudgey Brownies
Quick fudgy brownies made with unsweetened chocolate and butter melted in the microwave, with optional marshmallow chocolate frosting. The classic from-scratch fudgy brownie in one bowl.
Cinnamon Brownies
Cinnamon-spiked fudgy brownies with cocoa powder, chocolate chips, and a cinnamon cocoa frosting on top. Mexican chocolate-inspired warm-spiced treat.
Josh's Chocolate Chiperoo Cookies
Chocolate chip cookies made with butter and shortening for soft centers and crisp golden edges. Loaded with semi-sweet chips and chopped nuts. Big-batch classic.
Very Yummy Brownies
Fudgy chocolate brownies: dense, rich brownies built on six squares of unsweetened baking chocolate and real butter. The bake-sale champion that crackles on top and stays gooey inside.
Chewy Coco brownies
Chewy cocoa brownies made from scratch with a sugar substitute, so they're lower in sugar but still rich, fudgy, and chocolatey. A simple one-bowl brownie built on cocoa powder, no melting.
Dad's Chocolate Nut Brownies
Old-school sugar-free chocolate nut brownies sweetened with liquid artificial sweetener instead of sugar, made with unsweetened chocolate, butter, eggs, and chopped nuts. A low-carb take on a classic brownie.
Karen Butler's Banana Bread
Banana bread loaded with chocolate chips, raisins, and chopped nuts in a moist oil-based loaf. A retro family recipe stuffed with extras, perfect for breakfast or dessert.
Ravine Brownies
Ravine brownies are old-fashioned, fudgy chocolate brownies made with melted unsweetened chocolate, butter, eggs, and chopped nuts. Classic seven-ingredient recipe in 40 minutes.
Perfectly Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
Double chocolate chocolate chip cookies with rich cocoa dough and semi-sweet chips folded throughout. Soft fudgy centers, crisp edges, and an option to add chopped nuts for crunch.
Best Chocolate Chip Brownies
Fudgy cocoa brownies loaded with chocolate chips and nuts, baked in a sheet pan for 48 generous squares. Rich chocolate batter topped with melty chips creates chewy-crisp perfection.
Super Fudge Cupcakes
Super fudge cupcakes soak chopped dates in boiling water before folding into a chocolate batter studded with chips and nuts. Date-sweetened, intensely fudgy cupcakes with a tender crumb.
Holiday Chocolate Chip Cookies
Holiday chocolate chip cookies follow the classic Toll House blueprint: butter, brown sugar, semisweet chips, and a fistful of chopped nuts. Crisp at the edges, soft in the middle, ready in 30 minutes. The cookie tin standard.
Saucepan Fudge Brownies
Saucepan fudge brownies come together in one pot, with no mixer and barely any cleanup. Melt the butter and unsweetened chocolate, stir in the rest right in the pan, and bake fudgy, nutty squares from scratch.
Basic Hamburgers
Classic American hamburger patties seasoned with Worcestershire, onion and pepper, then broiled or grilled to your preferred doneness. Mix-in variations included.
Moghul Style Mixed Vegetables with Paneer
Mughlai-style mixed vegetable curry with paneer, cream, pineapple, and golden raisins. A rich, mildly spiced North Indian dish that finishes with a sprinkle of fried nuts for royal-court flair.
Ann's Chocolate & Nut Brownies
Old-fashioned chocolate nut brownies built on melted unsweetened chocolate, butter, and a single bowl. Dense, fudgy bars dusted with powdered sugar, no cocoa powder shortcuts.
Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Whole wheat oatmeal chocolate chunk cookies pack quick oats, hearty whole wheat flour, chocolate chunks, and nuts into a chewy lunchbox cookie. Wholesome enough for breakfast, sweet enough for dessert.
Rum Truffles
Rum truffles are classic chocolate ganache truffles flavored with rum extract and rolled in cocoa-sugar. A 30-piece batch of giftable, no-bake holiday confections.
Uncle Ben's Best Brownies
Uncle Ben's best brownies: one-bowl cocoa brownies with a fudgy, glossy crumb. Butter melted right in the mixing bowl, four eggs for that classic shiny crackle top, and a deep cocoa hit.
Mary's Fudgey Brownies
Fudgey brownies recipe with melted unsweetened chocolate, butter, and chopped nuts baked into rich, chewy squares with a glossy crackle top.
Roni's Chocolate Chip Cookies
Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies you can bake chewy or crunchy just by watching the clock. Two cups of rolled oats give them real heft while shortening keeps them tender. Pull them early for chew, longer for crunch.
Very Moist Brownies
Ultra-fudgy brownies made with real melted chocolate and butter, packed with chopped nuts and just enough flour to hold their dense, truffle-like texture.
Baker's Truffles
Baker's truffles roll melted semi-sweet chocolate with creamed butter, egg yolk, powdered sugar, and vanilla into 1-inch chilled candy balls coated in chopped nuts or coconut. Old-school no-cream truffles with deep cocoa richness.
Best Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Soft pumpkin chocolate chip cookies with cinnamon and a tender, cake-like crumb. A fall favorite that turns one cup of pumpkin puree into 36 chewy, spiced cookies.
Chocolately Brownies
Chocolate brownies made with a can of chocolate syrup for that fudgy old-school texture. Six ingredients, one bowl, sliced into thin sheet-pan squares. A nostalgic American treat.
