The Christmas treat that I always look forward to is the bag of glazed pecans we get from our neighbors every year. I am usually the one to find them at the doorstep and I tend to fill up a plastic bag with half of them and hide them away in a drawer for a later time. But this year, I wanted Christmas to come early.
These are not the same pecans we are given, but I saw this recipe online and it was so simple, I couldn’t resist. They are great gifts for friends and fabulous toppers for cupcakes.
Candied Pecans
1 egg white
3 teaspoons water
1 pound pecans (4 cups)
½ teaspoon vanilla
1 cup white sugar
¾ teaspoon cinnamon
¾ teaspoon salt
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
2. Beat egg white and water until frothy.
3. In a separate bowl, fist together sugar, salt and cinnamon.
4. Stir vanilla into egg mixture, then add pecans and mix until coated. Pour pecans into sugar mixture and stir well.
5. Spread pecans onto a cookie sheet with parchment paper and bake for 1 hour, stirring the pecans every 15 minutes.
Peppermint Cupcakes (on repeat)
I needed to make another batch of peppermint cupcakes but this time I decided to use yellow batter and dye it pink. But to make it even more chocolatey, I cut holes in the cupcakes before I dipped them and then I filled the hole with extra chocolate peppermint ganache. Being a true chocolate lover, I think I will stick with the chocolate cake and do this extra dose of ganache in the center next time.
My Mother made these every year at Christmas time and after she passed, neither my sister or I can make the recipe like she wrote it. I hope this recipe brings back the memories for us..Thank you and have a good week
I want to make these but the recipe doesn’t say how hot the oven should be???
250°F
I have tried making candied pecans before and I would have to say this is the best recipe that I have found. The texture was great, and it took no time to make them. I will be making these again soon. In order to download the time management time, I will read https://www.dashtech.org/3-best-apps-that-will-help-plan-each-students-time/ article first because one of my friends downloaded the perfect app he manages his time nicely now.
Very first line of the recipe it the oven temp (250).
oh great. Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe and recipe. I will try to make this according to your recipe