What Is Your Favorite Nut To Add To Baked Goods?

I was never a pecan person until a couple of years ago. If I was making cookies and the recipe called for nuts, I’d pretty much always use walnuts. 

Not because I loved walnuts or anything, but because we always seemed to have them in the pantry. Maybe I grew up eating them and so that’s just what I’d instinctively grab if they were on sale?

I have no idea!!!

But then a few years ago I bought some chocolate chip cookies from a roadside stand and they tasted different. 

It wasn’t until I read the ingredients on the package that I realized the deliciousness I had tasted was from the added flavor of the pecans. 

And well, I’ve been adding them to my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe {and salads, and other recipes} ever since. 

Yada yada yada…

The last time we were in Costco the HH and I got into a big discussion over pecans vs walnuts and how we both thought pecans were superior. 

But according to the internet, almonds are the most popular nut in the United States. The average person consumes 2 pounds of almonds a year! 

Can you believe that? 

I do like almonds… But if I had to choose just one nut to eat, pecans would be my first choice hands down. 

How about you? What is your favorite nut to add to baked goods or for snacking in general?

~Mavis