Author: Claire Saffitz
Author: Claudia Fleming
Dusting these tender pecan-and-butter-packed cookies with powdered sugar before baking them creates a crackly, glossy coating. Feel free to add more afterward as well.
Author: Chris Morocco
Author: Nathalie Dupree
A whole pecan pie is a lot of work if you're just serving dessert to two or four people. Instead, make this elegant little galette studded with whiskey-soaked cranberries.
Author: Anna Stockwell
Author: Gale Gand
Author: Julie Wilson
Author: Ruth Cousineau
This gorgeous dessert has a nutty tart shell inspired by pecan sandies, lemon curd-spiked whipped cream filling, and stunning fruit topping.
Author: Katherine Sacks
Author: Dorie Greenspan
Author: Sema Wilkes
Cocoa nibs (bits of roasted shelled cocoa beans) are available at specialty foods stores or chefshop.com.
Author: Elizabeth Falkner
Author: Larraine Perri
Author: Susan Tollefson
French toast is a very different thing when made with fresh, buttery, eggy brioche-Southern-inspired buttered pecans and bourbon maple syrup take it over the top.
Author: Joy Wilson
Author: Sarah Patterson Scott
Author: Sheila Lukins
Author: Kendall Conrad
Author: Molly Wizenberg
No butter? No problem! This ooey-gooey monkey bread, ribboned with layers of sweet, aromatic spiced pecans and pumpkin seeds and drizzled with caramel sauce, doesn't need it.
Author: Katherine Sacks
This double-chocolate brownie with crunchy pecans and ice cream is perfect for dinner parties, family gatherings, or any time a hungry crowd wants something sweet and delicious.
Author: Dennis Prescott
Author: Kent Rathbun
Everything about this tender muffin maximizes the flavor of tart apples and nutty pecans.
Author: Ochre Bakery, Detroit, MI
Author: Rose Levy Beranbaum
Author: Miriam Chandler
Author: Chris Lilly