Holiday Pecans

Submitted by CookingONTheSide

"These are great for parties or to put in gift bags during the holidays. Recipe is from Family Circle."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 3 cups

ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 egg white
• 3 cups pecan halves
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

directions

1. Heat oven to 300 degrees.
2. Line a rimmed baking sheet with nonstick foil; set aside.
3. In small bowl, stir together sugar, salt and cinnamon; set aside.
4. In medium-sized bowl, whisk egg white and 1 T water until foamy.
5. Add pecans to bowl and stir until coated.
6. Pour in sugar mixture and melted butter, and stir well to combine.
7. Spread pecan mixture in an even layer on prepared baking sheet and bake at 300 for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
8. Remove from oven and cool completely.

Reviews

[loof751]

Yum!! I love spiced pecans and this is a great recipe. Great cinnamon flavor, smelled great while cooking and so delicious - thanks for sharing the recipe! Made for the Top Favorites of 2009 event

 

[teresas]

What a wonderful recipe. I made this for two reasons, the first for snacking during our Thanksgiving get together and the second was to toss into my salads. I love candied pecans with sliced beets, feta, mixed spring salad makings and some slice red onion. Yum! Dressing it with balsamic vinegar and olive oil is to die for. I did cut the recipe in half and it worked great. I baked it on regular foil sprayed with cooking spray and had no problems at all. This is a keeper and it's going in my best of 2009 cookbook. Thanks for posting. :)

 

[lucyheart]

I found this recipe in Family Circle and made it for gifts for the holidays...my husband tried a few and was sad because we were planning to give them all away! So we made some more for us.... It's really a lovely, easy, and incredibly yummy recipe. I think I will be making more for gifts next year.

 

[CoffeeB]

This is a fabulous holiday nut mix Lainey. I automatically doubled the recipe as I knew 3 cups of nuts weren't going to be enough to have for gift giving and bringing to gatherings. I also used a combination of different types of mixed nuts. Pecans, walnuts, almonds, peanuts and the usual blend that you buy already mixed. It seemed like I had alot of the sugar mix that was x-tra at first, but then everytime I gave them a stir in the oven the caramel sauce adhered nicely to the nuts. This recipe makes almost like a nut brittle that once cooled you break apart as large or small of pieces as you want. Thanks for a great recipe idea Lainey. Made for Holiday Tag!~

 

[Sydney Mike]

Have been making a variety of holiday nuts ~ walnuts, almonds, cashews ~ & now it was time for pecans! Loved the addition of cinnamon in this recipe & these nuts will be a very nice addition in my holiday gift bags! Thanks for sharing the recipe! [Tagged, made & reviewed as a PRESSIE in the Aus/NZ 12 Days of Christmas Recipe Swap]