Recipes Featuring Pecan Halves
View all 3Sour Cream Layer Cake with Pecan Brittle
Make a delicious cake the easy way by sprucing up a mix with sour cream, chocolate, and a crunchy pecan brittle topping.
Pecan-Mocha Meringues
Delicate and decadent meringue cookies with a rich mocha flavor and crunchy pecans.
Cranberry-Cornmeal Quick Bread
A delicious quick bread made with a blend of all-purpose and whole wheat flours, cornmeal, and studded with tangy cranberries and crunchy pecans.
Smoked Stuffed Chile Poppers
Chile "poppers"—just pop 'em in your mouth—are on many restaurant menus, and they're easy to prepare in your own backyard. They need to smoke at a higher temperature so the bacon wrapped around the outside of the chile gets cooked through. Although higher-heat smoking is technically not considered low-and-slow traditional barbecue, it does have its place in recipes like this one (and for people who use a ceramic smoker, which automatically smokes at a higher temperature). At a lower temperature, the bacon won't crisp up. You can also use this technique to smoke other bacon-wrapped appetizers like shrimp, water chestnuts, or green bean bundles. If you like, substitute goat cheese, garlic-and-herb cream cheese, or even pimiento cheese spread for the cream cheese and cheddar. You can also use almonds or walnuts instead of the pecans, or omit the nuts.