Easy Mexican Wedding Cookies

These simple pecan shortbreads couldn't be any easier: Just toast the pecans and powdered sugar together, cool, and blitz with the remaining ingredients in a food processor. The dough is only lightly sweetened, which helps the cookies retain their round, snowball-like shape, but a dusting of powdered sugar brings them back into balance. I like these best with a mug of hot cocoa, but they're great with milk or tea as well.

Caramel Pecan Squares

These pecan squares have a deep caramel flavor.

Candied Pecans with Aleppo

Click here to learn about aleppo chile » Candied nuts are a dangerous sweet to have around the house (they go by the name "crack" in my apartment), but I like making small batches like this to top ice cream,...

Mexican Chocolate Pie

This decadent Mexican Chocolate Pie is enhanced with cayenne pepper, ground ginger, and cinnamon. The gingersnap crust adds another delicious layer of flavor, and fabulous crunchy texture.

Bourbon Old Fashioned Glazed Pecans

A toss in melted butter and a mix of brown sugar, salt, black pepper, and a touch of cayenne would seem to be all these pecans need. But to echo their boozy inspiration, the nuts are then doused with bourbon and dotted with old-fashioned accoutrements of orange zest and cherries (dried cherries made plump by a soak in more bourbon).

Malted Chocolate Chip-Pecan Cookies

Have some barley malt syrup leftover from homemade bagels? Put it to good use in these chewy, crispy, nutty, malted chocolate chip cookies. While I opted for a mix of white chocolate and pecans, these cookies are great with whatever chocolate and nuts you have on hand.

Spicy Mixed Nuts (Cajun-Spiced)

Infused with Cajun seasoning and hot sauce, these easy-to-make Spicy Mixed Nuts are always a crowd pleaser. You can have this customizable snack ready in 40 minutes, with 5 minutes of hands-on prep.

Pecan Sandies

These butter cookies are full of chopped pecans and just a hint of bourbon.

Browned Butter-Pecan Shortbread

Pour yourself a tall cup of coffee or tea and sit down to enjoy browned-butter pecan shortbread from Southern Living: Classic Southern Desserts. Minimal effort stands between you and crumbly, sweet, nutty delight.

Chocolate Pecan Galette

Filled with dark chocolate and crunchy pecans, this riff on the classic Thanksgiving pie is perfect not just during the autumn, but all year long.