Grandma’s Italian Cream Cake
This white cake made with buttermilk, coconut, pecans, and cream cheese frosting is my mother’s favorite. She recently found Grandma’s hand-written recipe – Grandma always served an Italian Cream Cake at the family’s Thanksgiving feast.
Pumpkin Gingersnap Cheesecake
This cheesecake, with a gingersnap crust, pumpkin filling, and salted caramel sauce, is a beautiful holiday dessert, and serves enough to take to a party.
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies with Cherries & Pecans
Chocolate, dried cherries, pecans, and oats make for a perfect cookie.
Mini Orange Crumble Muffins with Orange Butter
These mini muffins are the perfect size for brunch or for a wedding shower.
Granola
Every ingredient in this granola is perfect, especially the ridiculously crispy coconut chips.
Pumpkin Pie with Streusel
Bake a filling of pumpkin puree, spices, and cream in a homemade crust, and then top with pecan streusel.
Thanksgiving Trout
This year we hosted a Friendsgiving dinner, and since we were too intimidated to attempt a turkey (and since it’s not my favorite, anyway), we decided to serve pecan-crusted trout. It went surprisingly well with the cornbread dressing and pumpkin pie.
Doctored Brownies
Add coffee liqueur, chocolate chips, and chopped pecans to a boxed brownie mix to make a convenient treat a little more special.
Mom’s Pecan-Crusted Chicken
Embrace classic Southern flavors for a weeknight dinner. Dredge chicken breasts in a pecan mixture, cook them on the stovetop, and serve them with a mustard and sour cream sauce.
Pam’s Buttermilk Pecan Pie
The filling in this pie is more of a custard than a traditional syrup-based pecan pie. Try it if you typically think of pecan pie as being too sweet.