Cinnamon Sugar Candied Pecans
Crunchy, perfectly sweet, cinnamon-y, and SO. GOOD. These Cinnamon Sugar Candied Pecans are the perfect treat to have during any time of year, but especially during the holidays!
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup water
- 2 cups pecan halves
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Line a sheet pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Combine sugar, cinnamon, salt, and water in heavy pan.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium, and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add pecans.
- Continue to cook and stir over medium heat until sugar mixture starts to crystallize around pecans, about 10 minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
- Immediately pour onto prepared sheet pan.
- Use a for to separate pecans.
Notes
- When making the cinnamon syrup, be very careful! The mixture will boil and bubble up.
- Once the syrup calms down from a rolling boil, that's when you need to add the pecans.
- Constantly stir the pecans in the cinnamon syrup!
- Stirring the vanilla in may be a little difficult. Just make sure the pecans are tossed around quite a bit.
- When you pour the pecans on the lined pan, carefully break apart any clusters you may have.
- This recipe is naturally vegan AND gluten-free!
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 270kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 2gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gSodium: 37mgPotassium: 104mgFiber: 3gSugar: 26gVitamin A: 15IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 22mgIron: 1mg
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