Candied Pecans
I was inspired to make these after I tried some candied pecans my mom bought me from Georgia. They are perfect for snacking or as a salad topper.
(Recipe adapted from Cooks.com)
Ingredients
Directions
1) Mix sugars and cinnamon together in a medium bowl.
2) Put half of sugar and cinnamon mixture with pecans in a large saucepan under medium heat. Cook for 1 minute.
3) Add water, vanilla, and remaining sugar and cinnamon. Stir often with a wooden spoon.
4) Once the mixture starts boiling, lower heat (mixture should simmer). Continue stirring pecans and cook for another 7 minutes or until the mixture becomes hard to stir and most of the liquid has evaporated.
5) Pour pecans onto the lined sheet pan and immediately sprinkle pecans with 1 tbsp water.
Cool for 30 minutes.
6) If not eaten right away, store the pecans in a container and put in the refrigerator.
Happy eating!
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So glad you posted this recipe.
Thank you! Glad you like it.
These look really delicious. I just made something similar this past weekend, but I made sweet and spicy with brown sugar and cayenne pepper, and I baked them in the oven for about half an hour instead of on the stove-top.
Do the pecans get toasted using your method? Also, what does the sprinkling of water do at the end?
Your recipe sounds really good too! Thanks for sharing. The pecans get a little toasted using my method. I found a recipe on cooks.com that said to sprinkle water at the end of the cooking process. I am not quite sure what the water did, but my guess is it gave the pecans a nice glossy finish.