We tested five common ways to roast or toast nuts like walnuts and pecans, including the skillet, oven, and microwave. These methods delivered deep toasted flavor and maximum crispiness.

As with many other nuts, toasting is the best way to allow the taste of pecans to shine. This simple step releases the nuts' flavors and gives them a crunchy texture that holds up when added to a wide ...

If pecans only show up on your table on top of a Thanksgiving pie, you’re really missing out. Not only are they protein-packed like other nuts, they’re also pretty darn delicious. Especially when they ...

Of all the nuts out there, pecans always rise to the top as one of my favorites. They have a similar flavor and texture to walnuts, but pecans boast a sweeter flavor and don’t have the same dry, ...

As you sprint from oven to stove to freezer on Thanksgiving, multiple timers blaring, you may whisper to yourself: “Do I really need to toast the pecans for my pecan pie like the recipe calls for?” ...

I sometimes joke and say that as a Southern cook, I use pecans like other chefs use salt and pepper. That is to say, on just about everything. I love pecans and every other nut because they add a ...

I sometimes joke and say that as a Southern cook, I use pecans like other chefs use salt and pepper. That is to say, on just about everything. I love pecans and every other nut because they add a ...

I sometimes joke and say that as a Southern cook, I use pecans like other chefs use salt and pepper. That is to say, on just about everything. I love pecans and every other nut because they add a ...

Toasting nuts enhances their flavor and removes all the raw green, slightly astringent flavors that you taste when they are uncooked. (Elizabeth Karmel) I love pecans and every other nut because they ...