Pecans always have a place on my holiday table, because they have a really nice buttery, nutty flavor that pairs well with anything sweet. I’ve created this collection to share all of my favorite recipes using pecans, from Brunch to side dishes to indulgent desserts. For a dessert or brunch option that’s really easy to throw together and feeds a crowd, try my Bourbon Pecan Bread Pudding. If you’re looking for a homemade gift option this year, I highly recommend these old-fashioned Candied Pecans, ready in a little over an hour. Enjoy all of the different pecan recipes I’ve gathered below, and I hope your family loves them as much as mine does this holiday season!
Holiday Pecan Recipes
A collection of recipes using pecans, from sweet desserts to easy brunch ideas and side dishes, perfect for the holiday season!
Breakfast & Brunch
Pecans have the perfect buttery, nutty flavor to complement the sweetness of these brunch recipes. Plus, you can make these ahead of time for busy holiday mornings!
Maple Pecan Biscuits
Maple Pecan Biscuits are the perfect buttery, tender, flaky biscuits made with buttermilk, cinnamon, maple syrup, and chopped pecans.
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Pecan Muffins
Pecan Muffins are the perfect blend of soft, buttery muffins with crunchy pecans mixed throughout. Made with just 5 ingredients in 30 minutes.
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Iced Maple Pumpkin Pecan Streusel Muffins
A delicious pumpkin muffin topped with a pecan streusel crunch and drizzled with a maple icing. It is all the amazing flavors of fall all rolled in to a delicious breakfast treat.
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Banana Bread Pudding
Banana Bread Pudding is a buttery, soft, tender sweet treat with banana flavor throughout. All topped off in warm pecan vanilla sauce before serving.
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Bananas Foster Baked French Toast Recipe
Bananas Foster Baked French Toast is a warm, sweet, and comforting crowd-pleaser. It's perfect for brunch, holidays, or any special morning.
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Blueberry Sausage Biscuit Casserole Recipe
This Blueberry Sausage Biscuit Casserole is a hearty breakfast with the perfect balance of sweet and savory flavors. Everyone will want more!
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Homemade Granola Recipe
Homemade Granola is an easy, affordable staple to create for effortless breakfasts. Perfect for snacking on its own or as a topping.
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Honey Banana Muffins Recipe
Honey Banana Muffins are tender, buttery, and sweet, without all the sugar! Try these today for an easy, delicious, and better for you muffin.
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Brown Sugar Pecan Buttermilk Waffles Recipe
Brown Sugar Pecan Buttermilk Waffles are the perfect warm and cozy breakfast that your whole family will enjoy! Ready in just 20 minutes!
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Baked Mini Pumpkin Pecan Donuts Recipe
Baked Mini Pumpkin Pecan Donuts are an easy one-bowl donut recipe that bake fast and make a perfect fall dessert or snack.
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Bourbon Pecan Bread Pudding
Bourbon Pecan Bread Pudding is an easy, gooey mix of soft, toasted bread, vanilla extract, bourbon, cinnamon, and pecans. Perfect for a holiday breakfast!
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Caramel Pecan Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
Caramel Pecan Cinnamon Rolls are soft, gooey, and full of sweet flavor. These sticky buns make an irresistible breakfast or dessert to enjoy!
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Pecan Appetizers
Creamy, crunchy appetizers made with nutty pecans and savory cheese for guests to enjoy before the holiday feast!
Cheese Ball Recipe
The classic Cheese Ball is an easy party appetizer that can be made quickly. Be sure to make this for all your Holiday parties and potlucks!
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Blue Cheese Pecan Dates Recipe
Blue Cheese Pecan Dates are a tasty and impressive appetizer. Serve at parties and special events. You will love how easy they are to make!
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Cranberry Pecan Cheese Ball Recipe
Cranberry Pecan Cheese Ball is a great snack for a holiday party. Serve the soft creamy, savory, and sweet cheeseball with crackers to share!
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Pecan Pie
If you love pecan pie, you’ll also love these pecan pie-inspired dishes that combine your favorite dessert recipes with pecans for the ultimate pecan pie experience!
Pecan Pie Recipe
Pecan Pie is a rich, gooey Southern classic with a perfectly crisp, buttery crunch. An easy holiday favorite ready in under an hour!
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Pecan Tassies Recipe
Pecan Tassies are easy mini pecan pie cookies made with a few ingredients that come together quickly! Make multiple batches swiftly to gift!
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Chocolate Pecan Pie Recipe
Chocolate Pecan Pie takes the classic recipe and kicks it up a notch! This is sure to be a Thanksgiving favorite by all of your guests!
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Pecan Pie Muffins Recipe
Pecan Pie Muffins with just 6 ingredients are the easiest sweet treat on your dessert table all season long. They're even better the next day!
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Pecan Pie Bark
Pecan Pie Bark makes a perfect holiday gift with a graham crackers, pecans, and brown sugar. It's sweet, crunchy, and ready in 20 minutes!
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Pecan Pie Bars
Pecan Pie Bars are easy mini pecan pies to go! Pecan squares with a gooey pecan filling with chocolate toffee bits and pecans on a buttery shortbread crust.
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Pecan Pie Brownies
Pecan Pie Brownies are the ultimate dessert mashup with a layer of gooey, chocolaty brownies topped with a buttery, chewy pecan mixture.
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Bourbon Pecan Pie
Bourbon Pecan Pie is a yummy take on the classic version. Its rich, buttery, bourbon filling will make it the most popular treat at any party!
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Pecan Butter Tarts
Pecan Butter Tarts are bite size pies with a flaky crust and creamy butter tart filling made of pecans, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla extract.
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Pecan Pie Cheesecake
Pecan Pie Cheesecake is two classic holiday desserts in one decadent bite! Creamy NY Cheesecake and crunchy pecan pie baked in a pecan crust!
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Pecan Cookies
These cookies are the perfect holiday treat, made with sweet cookie dough combined with crunchy pecans for an incredible texture and flavor!
Butter Crunch Cookies Recipe
Butter Crunch Cookies are perfect holiday cookies, with delicious mix-ins in a buttery melt-in-your-mouth cookie base. Perfect for gifting!
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Snowball Cookies
Easy Snowball Cookies are melt-in-your-mouth, crumbly shortbread pecan cookie balls rolled in powdered sugar, the perfect Christmas cookie!
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Keebler Sandies Cookies Recipe
Copycat Keebler Sandies Cookies are the melt-in-your-mouth buttery shortbread pecan cookies you love, easily made at home. Tastes like the original recipe!
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Butter Pecan Cookies
Easy Butter Pecan Cookies are perfect melt-in-your-mouth cookies with chopped pecans and a delicious brown sugar flavor. Try them today!
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Pecan Cakes
Enjoy these pecan cakes, the perfect holiday dessert because they’re easy to make ahead of time and have an incredible sweet buttery pecan flavor!
Brown Sugar Pumpkin Pecan Bundt Cake
Brown Sugar Pumpkin Pecan Bundt Cake is a show-stopping fall dessert. Rich, moist spiced caramel cake with pumpkin puree and chopped pecans.
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Turtle Cheesecake Recipe
Turtle Cheesecake is a decadent creamy cheesecake recipe with multiple layers of deliciousness! Perfect to wow your guests at the Holidays!
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Brown Sugar Pecan Pound Cake
A Southern twist on a classic, this Brown Sugar Pecan Pound Cake is rich, moist and full of Pecan crunch and ready in just over an hour.
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Pecan Candies
These candies are fun to make, and also the perfect homemade gifts to give out during the holiday season!
Cinnamon Pecan Bark
Cinnamon Pecan Bark are chewy, spiced cookie bars full of warm cinnamon flavor and crunchy pecans. Tasty easy one bowl holiday dessert with few ingredients.
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Pecan Praline Toffee Bites
Pecan Praline Toffee Bites are easy dessert bites with graham crackers, brown sugar, butter, vanilla and chopped pecans. Addicting homemade holiday candy!
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See’s Bordeaux Pecan Fudge (Copycat) Recipe
See's Bordeaux Pecan Fudge is a copycat of the classic candy shop favorite. Delivering that signature buttery sweetness in every bite.
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Turtle Pretzels Recipe
Pretzel Turtles are sweet and salty caramel treats that are incredibly EASY to make in just a few minutes with only 3 ingredients. Try today!
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Coconut Joys
Coconut Joys are a quick and easy no bake candy recipe made with shredded coconut flakes, powdered sugar, chocolate chips, butter and pecans.
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Saltine Toffee Recipe
Saltine Cracker Toffee is a quick and easy candy recipe that's perfect for those new to baking. It is great for gifting during the Holidays!
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Mixed Nut Clusters Recipe
Mixed Nut Clusters are the perfect chocolate covered snack. This easy treat is made in minutes and a great gift. Try them for the holidays!
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Pralines
Pralines are an easy, but delicious treat made with butter, sugar, cream, toasted pecans, and vanilla. They’re sweet, crunchy, candy-coated perfection!
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Buttercrunch Pecan Toffee
Buttercrunch Pecan Toffee is the perfect treat with toasted, buttery pecans mixed with sweet toffee and topped with a rich chocolate layer.
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Candied Pecans
Candied Pecans are tasty holiday snacks and edible Christmas gifts. Crunchy pecans roasted in a cinnamon vanilla caramel. Great on ice cream!
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Slow Cooker Candied Cinnamon Pecans Recipe
Slow Cooker Candied Cinnamon Pecans are a total breeze to make and will leave your house smelling so delicious. Try making these today!
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Kentucky Bourbon Balls Recipe
Kentucky Bourbon Balls are a classic Southern treat made at home. Perfect for gifting to your friends & family. Try them this holiday season!
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Brownies & Bars
The perfect option for potlucks, these pecan brownies and bars are easy to make, and even easier to pack up and travel with!
Maple Pecan Bars
Maple Pecan Bars are the perfect crunchy but buttery treat that just melts in your mouth! Made with brown sugar, maple, butter, and topped with pecans.
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Bourbon Pecan Blondies
Bourbon Pecan Blondies are easy, buttery treats with rich bourbon flavor mixed with the brown sugar, vanilla base and topped with pecans.
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Five Layer Bars Recipe
Five Layer Bars are gooey, sticky sweet cookie bars with indulgent layers that bake together into the most perfect chewy dessert!
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Apple Brownie Bars
Apple Brownie Bars are chewy brown sugar blondies made with fresh apple pieces, spices, and pecans. A perfect sweet and easy fall treat bar!
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German Chocolate Brownies
German Chocolate Brownies are homemade fudgy brownies smothered with a decadent sweet, sticky coconut and pecan topping. Tastes just like cake, only better!
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Caramel Apple Bars Recipe
Caramel Apple Bars are the best fall dessert! Crumbly & chewy, with a sweet filling! Perfect to serve a crowd or to bring to the bake sale!
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Toffee Apple Brownie Bars
Toffee Apple Brownie Bars are a tasty fall blond brownie recipe filled with sweet cinnamon apples and topped with pecans and toffee bits.
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Turtle Bars Recipe
Turtle Bars are the ultimate homemade candy! The kids will love helping you make them. Perfect for gifting or enjoying at home. Try today!
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Pecan Brownies Recipe
Pecan Brownies have a classic gooey, chocolatey base made with simple pantry ingredients and a little crunch mixed in!
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More Pecan Recipes
A few more pecan desserts, side dishes, and even a savory dinner option to use up the rest of your holiday pecans!
Butter Pecan Ice Cream Recipe
Butter Pecan Ice Cream is rich, creamy, and wonderful. This old fashioned ice cream flavor has the perfect balance of sweet and nutty.
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Apple Pecan Crisp
Apple Pecan Crisp is a classic fall dessert! Warm filling of tart apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and a crunchy pecan oatmeal topping.
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Pecan Cobbler Recipe
Pecan Cobbler tastes like the best ever pecan pie but it is ready in half the time. Perfect to serve at your next get together with friends!
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Grape Salad Recipe
Grape Salad is a classic easy potluck dessert that tastes like part fruit salad and part cheesecake. Perfect for summer picnics. Try Today!
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Pecan Crusted Barramundi Recipe
Pecan Crusted Barramundi comes together in a few minutes for an easy, flavorful dinner. It’s so good that even kids will like to eat it!
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Candied Sweet Potatoes with Pecan Oat Crust Recipe
Candied Sweet Potatoes with Pecan Oat Crust are the perfect Thanksgiving dinner side. It blends sweet and savory with a buttery crunch!
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Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe
Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole with just a handful of ingredients. You'll have a tasty side dish with little effort and free oven space!
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Enjoy creating a little holiday magic this year with these pecan recipes! Let me know in the comments section below which recipe you enjoyed the most. For more holiday inspiration, try my other collections, like these 50+ Easy Christmas Candy Recipes, and my 25 Holiday Appetizers You’ll Flip for!
