Candied Pecans are candy, crunchy, and coated in scrumptious cinnamon sugar combination! Made with easy elements, these candied nuts are an incredible topping for salads, ice cream, yogurt, or mashed candy potatoes! Use walnut or almonds as an alternative, or add an additional sprint of vanilla extract or a pinch of cayenne pepper for extra taste. Retailer pecans in an hermetic container, in a single layer, for as much as two weeks!
Greatest Candied Pecans Recipe
The vacation season is rapidly approaching! And if there’s one factor I’ve realized about you from years previous, it’s that you just LOVE reward worthy Christmas sweet recipes! And these candied coated pecans are JUST that.
They are often gifted, used on a Christmas charcuterie board, or snacked on throughout this bustling season. I even sprinkle them on prime of desserts like pumpkin cheesecake. My candied almonds are good for this, too.
In the event you love these fancy candied nut they promote on the mall, do that candied nuts recipe instantly. Making candied pecans is really easy, they usually style unbelievable. Oh, and making them at house is approach cheaper and also you’ll get far more bang in your buck. You possibly can even freeze them!
Why This Candied Pecans Recipe is Greatest
- Cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg make the brown sugar combination cozy and bursting with taste! You need to use this combination to coat any type of nuts, walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, and many others!
- After baking, the candied nuts are tremendous crunchy and keep that approach for weeks on finish! As a result of soggy candied pecans are so unhappy
- Made with fundamental pantry staples like pecan halves, brown sugar, white sugar, cinnamon, and salt. For a enjoyable candy and spicy twist, strive including a pinch of cayenne. I do a 1/8 teaspoon in mine and it’s pleasant!
- The egg white combination utilizing a splash of vanilla and bourbon. In the event you don’t have bourbon, use water… however bourbon provides FLAVOR, and makes these candied pecans much more festive.
- This candied pecans recipe is a superb vacation reward! Put them in ornamental mason jars or vacation cookie tins!
- Or use these candied pecans as a topping for salads! Candied nuts on salad is so underrated… I can’t counsel making an attempt it sufficient! Additionally, delish on candy potatoes!
Recipe for Candied Pecans: Cinnamon Sugar Combination
- The cinnamon sugar combination makes use of two sugars: granulated sugar and lightweight brown sugar.
- Though I like utilizing brown sugar, I don’t use all brown sugar as a result of it incorporates extra moisture than granulated sugar. An excessive amount of moisture will create soggy candied nuts.
- The spices in our sugar combination are floor cinnamon, floor ginger, and floor nutmeg.
- For a spicy kick, be happy so as to add a tiny sprint of cayenne pepper. 1/8 teaspoon will add a delicate kick whereas a 1/4 teaspoon will add medium warmth. I like including this once I’m making candied pecans as a topping for salads.
- This recipe additionally makes use of salt to assist steadiness sweetness and improve the flavour of the spices.
Egg Whites are a Should for Candied Nuts
- Sadly I can not counsel find out how to make this recipe with out egg whites!
- Egg white is the binder that helps the cinnamon sugar persist with the nuts.
- Ensure that to beat the egg white combination till tremendous frothy.
Easy methods to Make Candied Pecans
- The Prep: Preheat your oven half-hour earlier than baking. Add butter onto a baking sheet and soften within the oven. Cut back oven to 250 levels. Notice: Don’t line your baking sheet with parchment paper!
- Make the Pecan Combination: Whisk the egg white and vanilla and bourbon till it’s tremendous frothy! Add within the pecans and toss to coat. Then toss in your cinnamon sugar combination and toss till nicely mixed.
- Bake the Candied Pecans: Unfold the pecans on the sheet and bake for 1 hour. Cook dinner, stirring, the pecans each quarter-hour!
- Cool the Candied Pecans: Cool fully on the baking sheet earlier than serving! They’ll develop into much more crunchy as soon as they’re at room temperature.
In the event you desire a candy and spicy deal with, take a look at my candy & spicy blended nuts! Soar to the recipe beneath for the complete directions!
Can I Double this Candied Pecans Recipe?
- Completely! To be sincere, you may even triple this candied pecans recipe.
- Simply double (or triple) the elements as wanted.
- And ensure to make use of a really giant baking sheet, since you need the pecans nicely unfold out to allow them to get actually crispy.
- In the event you don’t have a big baking sheet, bake them in batches. Crowded pecans gained’t get as crispy.
Easy methods to Retailer Sweet Pecans?
- To maintain these candied pecans recent, you’ll must retailer them in an hermetic container at room temperature. They’ll maintain, saved this manner, for about 2 weeks.
- The hermetic container generally is a easy ziplock baggie or glass or plastic container.
- However in the event you reward them to family and friends, could I counsel putting them in a reasonably mason jar? These 8 ounce jars are fairly and make it really feel like a particular reward! Particularly with a chunk of fairly crimson ribbon tied across the prime!
