Pecans are one of our favourite nuts; they’re a very versatile ingredient and suit lots of flavour combinations. Coffee, chocolate, maple syrup and coconut are some of the pairings that work really well with pecans.

As a quick and healthy snack, I lightly toast some pecan halves then combine them in with some mixed dried fruit such as raisins, sultanas, dried cranberries and chopped dried apricots. The mixture can also be scattered over cereal or breakfast porridge.

If you fancy including them in cake or cookie dough, These are 6 of our top pecan recipes.

Coffee pecan cake

Pecan blondies

Farmer’s wife’s pecan cookies

Coconut pecan cake

Pecan maple puff pastry plait

Butter pecan skillet cookies

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