No-bake cocoa bourbon balls made with crushed vanilla wafers, pecans, powdered sugar, and a generous pour of bourbon. Roll in fruit sugar, chopped pecans, or cocoa powder. Ready in 15 minutes.
Make-ahead oatmeal pecan cookies shaped into logs, chilled, then sliced and baked fresh whenever you need them. Freezer-friendly dough lasts 3 months.
This bread pudding is moist and incredibly flavorful with a crunchy top. I make it every Christmas, or whenever a baguette is left out for too long, not that that ever happens in our house.
Southern black-eyed pea salad with spinach, pecans, Monterey Jack, and mushrooms in a smoky vinegar dressing. A make-ahead side that gets better overnight in the fridge.
No-bake chocolate cream cheese pie with instant pudding. Add coffee powder for mocha. Topped with pecans and whipped cream, ready in minutes.
Buttery pecan coconut cookie balls with a hint of almond, baked golden and finished with a tropical pineapple honey glaze or a roll in powdered sugar. Makes about 6 dozen bite-sized treats.
Pecan stuffed mushrooms with cream cheese, crumbled bacon, chives, and white wine, broiled until bubbling. A make-ahead appetizer that's ready in 20 minutes.
European mocha fudge cake with a dense cocoa-pecan base and creamy coffee whipped cream filling. A flourless-style chocolate cake that's rich, fudgy, and made without leavening.
Brown sugar drop cookies with a warm cinnamon kick, stuffed with a thick date-pecan filling. Each golden bite hides a sweet, nutty surprise inside.
Traditional holiday fruitcake loaded with raisins, currants, citron, and pecans, enriched with sherry, honey, and orange marmalade. Baked low and slow, best after aging.
A sweet and scrumptious side dish made with sweet potatoes, coconut and pecans.
Apple sheet cake with pecans and a warm brown sugar icing poured straight over the pan. Three cups of fresh apple keep every slice deeply moist.
Butterscotch pecan rolls baked in muffin tins: soft cinnamon-swirl yeast dough over a brown-sugar-pecan bottom that caramelizes into a sticky topping when flipped out warm.
A spicy but scrumptious casserole made with green chili peppers, old cheddar cheese and succulent ground beef.
Buttermilk-soaked chicken breasts pan-fried in a seasoned flour crust, drizzled with honey bourbon butter sauce and topped with chopped pecans.
Butterfinger poke cake made with German chocolate cake mix, butterscotch topping soaked into the layers, and crushed candy bars folded into whipped topping with pecans.