I know you said nothing googled, but I use this site for pecan dish ideas. There’s more at the bottom in ‘archived recipes’. The Maple syrup and Pecan cake is beautiful.
http://www.stahmannfarms.com.au/recipes/mainrecp.htm
Other than those recipes, I use pecans quite a bit.
Stuffing for Hungarian crepes, ‘palacsinta’. Gound pecans mixed into egg white beaten with a little sugar (uncooked meringue) a dot of lemon juice and place in crepes, roll up , cover and keep warm for 10 mins, and serve, sprinkled with a little sugar. beaut.
I use them chopped in salads , meat stuffing mixes , dips, stuffed prunes or figs , popcorn pecan toffee, pecan biscuits and muffins, cakes. A chilli nut mix is good.