551 walnut cookie recipes

Half-whole-wheat apple nut cookies with diced fresh apples, walnuts, raisins, and warm spices. Cake-like, soft-textured drop cookies that taste like apple pie filling baked into a cookie. Makes 48.

Chocolate chunk cookies with hand-cut semi-sweet chocolate pieces and walnuts, topped with a melted chocolate glaze. Triple chocolate intensity in every cookie.

Refrigerator cookies pack chopped dates, shredded coconut, and walnuts into a buttery slice-and-bake log rolled in extra nuts. Make-ahead icebox cookies for holiday baking or anytime.

Giant apple cookie bakes a 12-inch pizza-style cookie loaded with reduced dried apples, walnuts, golden raisins, and cinnamon, drizzled with a tangy lemon icing. Sliceable shareable dessert.

Stained glass cookies, a no-bake chocolate log studded with mini marshmallows and walnuts, rolled in flaked coconut and sliced to reveal a mosaic window pattern. A classic Christmas cookie tray favorite.

Soft banana spice cookies with cinnamon, cloves, walnuts, and raisins. Made with mashed bananas and packed brown sugar for a chewy, cake-like drop cookie. A great way to use overripe bananas.

Chocolate-filled ravioli cookies are sweet pasta-shaped pillows with a crushed chocolate-walnut filling, sealed with fork tines and brushed warm with honey. The Italian-American holiday cookie that doubles as edible art.

Maple nut rugelach roll cream cheese pastry around a maple-walnut-cinnamon filling for buttery, crescent-shaped Jewish cookies. Sweetened with pure maple syrup instead of jam.

Twice-baked Italian biscotti loaded with almonds and walnuts, spiked with dark rum and amaretto. Crunchy dunking cookies with warm cinnamon spice, perfect for coffee or dessert wine.

Almond paste macaroons studded with coconut and walnuts, piped into rosettes and crowned with candied cherries. Chewy, fragrant Italian-style cookies for the holiday tin.

Buttery slice-and-bake cookies studded with candied fruit, walnuts, and raisins. Freeze the dough ahead, slice thin, and bake for festive sparkle in every bite.

Classic Tollhouse cookies with chocolate chips, walnuts, brown sugar, and butter. Crunchy, crumbly, and baked to a golden crisp with vanilla and a touch of hot water.

Soft chocolate drop cookies with cream cheese baked right into the dough and crunchy walnuts in every bite. The cream cheese keeps them tender and slightly tangy for days.

Honey macaroonies with oats, coconut, walnuts, brown sugar, and honey pressed into mini muffin cups and topped with candied cherries. No-egg, no-fuss bite-sized cookies.

Twice-baked citrus walnut biscotti, crisp with anise and bright lemon and orange zest, then half-dipped in glossy tempered chocolate. Crunchy Italian cookies built for dunking in coffee.

Fudge nut brownies with a cream cheese-chocolate filling sandwiched between a buttery cookie crust. Loaded with walnuts and semi-sweet chocolate. Freezer-friendly.