Candied Pecans Recipe
Sweet, crunchy pecans made at home — Candied Pecan Recipe, Candied Pecans, and Air Fryer Candied Pecans for snacking, salads, and holiday gift tins.
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A delicious recipe for candied pecans.
Yasi MarinIngredients
- 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- as needed Ground Cloves
- as needed Ground Nutmeg
- 1 Egg
- 1 Tbsp Water
- as needed Vanilla Extract
- 2 cups Pecan Halves
- as needed Nonstick Cooking Spray
Instructions
- 1Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) and line a large cookie sheet with aluminum foil. Lightly grease the aluminum foil with Nonstick Cooking Spray (as needed).
- 2In a medium bowl, combine Granulated Sugar (1/2 cup), Salt (1 tsp), Simply Organic Cinnamon, Ground (2 tsp), Ground Cloves (as needed), and Ground Nutmeg (as needed) and mix well.
- 3In a separate, smaller bowl, whisk together Egg (1), Water (1 Tbsp), and Vanilla Extract (1/2 tsp) until it becomes foamy, about 2-3 minutes. Add Pecan Halves (2 cups) to the egg white mixture and toss until all pecans are coated.
- 4Using a slotted spoon, lift coated pecans into the sugar mixture. Use a fork to gently stir the pecans into the sugar mixture until all pecans are coated.
- 5Spread pecans evenly over the lined cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes. Mix and turn pecans with a fork and bake for an additional 15 minutes.
- 6Remove from the oven and allow to cool to room temperature. You may have to break apart some of the pecans, as they may be stuck together with additional sugar.
- 7Store pecans in an airtight container for up to two weeks. After that point, they will begin to soften.
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Candied pecans are the kind of thing you make once and then keep making, because a few cups of sugar and a bag of pecan halves turn into a snack, a salad topper, and a gift all at once.
Cooks on Pepper reach for these in November and December, when there's a party to bring something to, but they also make a batch on a plain Tuesday just to have something crunchy and sweet on the counter.
Every recipe here is a real way to get it done: the Candied Pecan Recipe with sugar, salt, and cinnamon, a Candied Pecans version that uses an egg white and water for that frosted coating, an Air Fryer Candied Pecans batch with both white and brown sugar, and another Candied Pecans made with a water-and-sugar syrup.
Quick Tips
- 1
Line the pan first
Parchment or a silicone mat keeps the sugar from welding to the sheet. Spread the pecans in one layer so they toast evenly.
- 2
Stir every ten minutes
In a 250°F oven, pull the pan and stir every 10 to 15 minutes so the coating sets on all sides instead of pooling underneath.
- 3
Whip the egg white
Beat one egg white with a teaspoon of water until it's foamy and loose, then toss the pecans in it so the sugar has something to grab.
- 4
Cool before breaking apart
Let them sit on the pan 20 to 30 minutes until hard, then break up the clumps. Warm pecans taste chewy and soft, not crisp.
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