Get Snacking on This Easy Recipe for Candied Pecans

In just twenty minutes, you could be snacking on this easy recipe for candied pecans made in the oven. There’s no candy thermometer to watch or constant stirring. You just mix a few ingredients together and then the oven does almost. Enjoy these candied pecans as a snack, salad topping, over ice cream, or for homemade gift-giving.

Easy Candied Pecans

This recipe takes about 5 minutes of prep work to toast the pecans, mix the sugar syrup, and combine everything together. It’s all very easy and can be something the kids help out with. Once everything is mixed, the candied nuts will bake for about 20 minutes.

Try these quick candied pecans in these recipes:

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• Celery, Apple and Walnut Salad
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• or as a topping for vanilla ice cream – SO Good!

How to Make Candied Pecans

To make this easy snack, you’ll start by toasting your pecans in the oven for 10 minutes. It provides a stronger punch of pecan flavor. Plus I find that the candy syrup holds better to the nuts when toasted.

While the pecans are toasting, combine the following ingredients together. To get a sugar syrup that is a lovely cinnamon brown color.

• 2 cups pecan  halves
• 3 Tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 Tablespoons real maple syrup
• 1/4 teaspoon  salt

Once the pecans are toasted, pull them from the oven and stir them into the sugar syrup. Then, you’ll place the sugared pecans back onto the baking sheet and return to the oven for another 10 minutes.

Recipe for Candied Pecans

These sweet treats are hard to resist! Luckily they SOOO easy to make and take just a few ingredients. Make a double or triple batch and store in an air tight container for a few days and enjoy!

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Yield: 2 cups

Quick Candied Pecans

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Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 cups pecan halves
• 3 Tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/3 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 Tablespoons real maple syrup
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with a Silpat mat or aluminum foil and spraying the foil with nonstick cooking spray.
2. Spread the pecans on the baking sheet and toast them in the oven until fragrant, about 10 minutes. Stir every 3 or 4 minutes.
3. In a large metal or glass bowl, combine the melted butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon, and salt.
4. Once the pecans are toasted, remove them from the oven and pour them into the bowl with the sugar mixture.
5. Stir until the nuts are evenly coated, and pour them back onto the lined baking sheet and spread them in an even layer.
6. Bake for another 10 minutes, stirring after every 3-4 minutes.
7. Remove the nuts from the oven and allow them to cool on the baking sheet.
8. Once cool, break the nuts apart or coarsely chop them. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

16

Serving Size:

1/4 cup
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 220Total Fat: 21gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 17gCholesterol: 6mgSodium: 52mgCarbohydrates: 9gFiber: 3gSugar: 6gProtein: 2g