Recipes with pecan halves
233 recipes
Mom's Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
From-scratch pineapple upside-down cake baked in cast-iron skillets with a caramelized brown sugar and Karo syrup topping, pineapple rings, maraschino cherries, and optional pecans. A buttermilk batter with folded egg whites for extra lift.
Ice Cream Wafers
Thin, crispy butter wafer cookies with lemon extract, vanilla, and a pecan half pressed into each center. Delicate, elegant, and designed to pair with ice cream.
Candied Pecans
Cinnamon candied pecans with a crunchy egg white and sugar coating baked low and slow at 225F. Five ingredients and utterly addictive for snacking or gifting.
Toffee Nut Wheat Bread
Bread machine toffee nut wheat bread loaded with crunchy pecans, brown sugar, and a hint of coffee. Dump it in, press start, and fill the house with that warm, toasty aroma.
Baileys Fudge Cake
Bailey's fudge cake is a dense, boozy single-layer chocolate cake spiked with Irish cream and chocolate syrup, finished with a sour cream Bailey's glaze and chocolate-dipped pecan halves. Showpiece dessert, low effort.
Ben & Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk
Make Ben & Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk at home: rich chocolate ice cream loaded with white and dark chocolate chunks, pecans, walnuts, and chocolate-covered almonds.
Caramelized Banana Cheesecake
Rich cheesecake swirled with brown sugar caramelized bananas on a toasted pecan crust. Baked in a water bath for a creamy, crack-free finish with an optional splash of dark rum.
Brownie Fudge Nut Pie
A thick, fudgy chocolate pie packed with pecan halves and baked in a flaky crust. Sweetened condensed milk and cocoa create a dense, truffle-like filling. Serve warm or cold with a crown of whipped cream.
Bon Bons
Surprise-center butter cookies with 4 hidden fillings: Andes mints, cherries, chocolate chips, and pecans. Each batch gets its own color-coded icing. A fun holiday baking project.
Pecan Cashew Popcorn Balls
Pecan cashew popcorn balls coated in buttery caramel made from scratch with a candy thermometer. A crunchy Halloween treat with pecans, cashews, and 8 cups of popped corn.
Chocolate Pecan Pralines
These sweet treats are easy to make, and they taste amazingly rich, chocolaty, and delicious!
Cranberry Fruit & Nut Bread
Rich sour cream quick bread loaded with cranberries, pecans, golden raisins, and dried apricots, topped with pecan halves and a powdered sugar drizzle. Makes 2 gorgeous gift-worthy loaves.
Cinnamon Sugar Crispies
Buttery, crisp-edged cookies rolled in cinnamon sugar and topped with a pecan half. Simple pantry ingredients, 30 minutes start to finish, and totally irresistible for snacking or holiday cookie trays.
Halvah Shortbread
Halvah shortbread made with tahini and butter creamed together with brown sugar and cake flour, studded with toasted pecans and cut into wedges.
Chocolate-Filled Caramel Buns
Sticky caramel pecan buns with a melted chocolate kiss hiding inside each one. Made with refrigerator biscuit dough for a 4-ingredient shortcut that tastes anything but simple.
Fudge Sweetarts
Fudge sweetarts are miniature tarts with buttery pastry shells filled with rich semi-sweet chocolate fudge and topped with a pecan half. Bite-sized, elegant, and irresistible.
From-scratch pineapple upside-down cake baked in cast-iron skillets with a caramelized brown sugar and Karo syrup topping, pineapple rings, maraschino cherries, and optional pecans. A buttermilk batter with folded egg whites for extra lift.
Thin, crispy butter wafer cookies with lemon extract, vanilla, and a pecan half pressed into each center. Delicate, elegant, and designed to pair with ice cream.
Cinnamon candied pecans with a crunchy egg white and sugar coating baked low and slow at 225F. Five ingredients and utterly addictive for snacking or gifting.
Bread machine toffee nut wheat bread loaded with crunchy pecans, brown sugar, and a hint of coffee. Dump it in, press start, and fill the house with that warm, toasty aroma.
Bailey's fudge cake is a dense, boozy single-layer chocolate cake spiked with Irish cream and chocolate syrup, finished with a sour cream Bailey's glaze and chocolate-dipped pecan halves. Showpiece dessert, low effort.
Make Ben & Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk at home: rich chocolate ice cream loaded with white and dark chocolate chunks, pecans, walnuts, and chocolate-covered almonds.
Rich cheesecake swirled with brown sugar caramelized bananas on a toasted pecan crust. Baked in a water bath for a creamy, crack-free finish with an optional splash of dark rum.
A thick, fudgy chocolate pie packed with pecan halves and baked in a flaky crust. Sweetened condensed milk and cocoa create a dense, truffle-like filling. Serve warm or cold with a crown of whipped cream.
Surprise-center butter cookies with 4 hidden fillings: Andes mints, cherries, chocolate chips, and pecans. Each batch gets its own color-coded icing. A fun holiday baking project.
Pecan cashew popcorn balls coated in buttery caramel made from scratch with a candy thermometer. A crunchy Halloween treat with pecans, cashews, and 8 cups of popped corn.
These sweet treats are easy to make, and they taste amazingly rich, chocolaty, and delicious!
Rich sour cream quick bread loaded with cranberries, pecans, golden raisins, and dried apricots, topped with pecan halves and a powdered sugar drizzle. Makes 2 gorgeous gift-worthy loaves.
Buttery, crisp-edged cookies rolled in cinnamon sugar and topped with a pecan half. Simple pantry ingredients, 30 minutes start to finish, and totally irresistible for snacking or holiday cookie trays.
Halvah shortbread made with tahini and butter creamed together with brown sugar and cake flour, studded with toasted pecans and cut into wedges.
Sticky caramel pecan buns with a melted chocolate kiss hiding inside each one. Made with refrigerator biscuit dough for a 4-ingredient shortcut that tastes anything but simple.
Fudge sweetarts are miniature tarts with buttery pastry shells filled with rich semi-sweet chocolate fudge and topped with a pecan half. Bite-sized, elegant, and irresistible.
