15 Perfect Pecan Recipes

We had several nut trees on our property when I was growing up. I remember coming home in the fall, laying a tarp under the trees, and then climbing the tree and shaking the branches to make the nuts fall off. Then we would set the nuts out to dry for a couple of weeks. Once they were dry we would bag them and freeze them where they would last for up to a year until the next harvest.

I grew up eating nuts all the time. I enjoyed them as a snack and in many different dishes. So it was a complete shock to discover my husband didn’t like most nuts. I kept trying different nuts in recipes until I finally found one that he liked: pecans! So now when I think a recipes needs nuts, I usually add pecans. Unless I am mad at my husband or don’t want to share, then I add almonds. Just kidding.

15 Pecan Recipes:

1. Butternut Pecan Loaf Cake / The 21st Century Housewife
2. Sweet and Spiced Pecans / Zesty South Indian Kitchen
3. Chocolate Turtles / Elsa Cooks
4. Chocolate Pecan Caramel Oatmeal Bars / Random Mommy
5. Cranberry Apple Pineapple Salad with Pecans / Mom Endeavors
6. Chocolate Pecan Pie with Pecan Crust / Premeditated Leftovers
7. Beer and Bacon Glazed Pecans / Cooking on the Front Burner
8. Pumpkin Quinoa Bowl with Pecans / Wonky Wonderful
9. Creamy Cranberry Salad with Pecans / Hot Eats and Cool Reads
10. Easy Pecan Praline Sauce / Call me PMC
11. Apple Harvest Bars / The Freshman Cook
12. Pumpkin Praline Cheesecake with Pecans / Northern Cheapskate
13. Sweet Pumpkin Dump Cake with Pecans / SusieQTpies Cafe
14. Cajun Spiced Pecans / Spiced
15. Pumpkin Cake Cookies with Maple Pecan / Miss Information

Do you like a particular type of nut or do you enjoy them all?

Thanks to Kendall of Songbirds and Buttons for helping me pull together the links and creating the collage.