Candied Vanilla Pecans

You know how they say you should bake fresh cookies before an open house so that your house will smell more enticing to potential buyers? I’m going to go ahead and claim that instead of cookies, you should make these Candied Vanilla Pecans. My house smelled AMAZING last night when I made these. They bake for an entire hour, so the wonderful sweet vanilla scent lingers for a good while. I honestly didn’t want to go to bed and miss any of the awesome smelling air in our place.

The pecans were still warm when I went to bed so I didn’t get to try them until today. Let me tell you, they taste better than they smell. This recipe is amazing. If you’re looking for a last minute holiday gift to make or even a snack to take to a holiday potluck, definitely give this simple recipe a shot.

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Candied Vanilla Pecans

Ingredients:

4 cups (~1 lb) pecans
1 egg white
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 Tbsp water
1 tsp cinnamon
1 heaping tsp sea salt
3/4 cup vanilla sugar (If you donโ€™t have vanilla sugar, substitute regular sugar and increase the vanilla extract to 1 tsp)

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 250 and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.

Mix together the sugar, cinnamon and sea salt.

In a large bowl combine the egg white, vanilla and water. Beat the egg until itโ€™s light and frothy. Stir in the pecans and mix well. Pour in the sugar mixture and stir until all the pecans are coated.

Dump the mixture onto your large baking sheet and spread the nuts out evenly.

Bake about 1 hour making sure to stir every 15 minutes and break up any large clumps.

Cool completely on the baking sheet on a wire cooling rack.

Recipe from Miss Lemonie

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13 Responses to “Snickerdoodle Ice Cream”

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    MamaPez — May 20, 2013 at 7:24 am

    Wow, that sounds amazing. I’m a fan of snickerdoodles, not a huge fan of ice cream (I can take it or leave it) but this one sounds right up my alley!

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    Eva @ Eva Bakes — May 20, 2013 at 8:01 am

    I had a feeling you’d be making ice cream with the leftover cookies! Can you please send some my way? ๐Ÿ™‚

    • beantownbaker — May 20th, 2013 @ 8:17 am

      Ha! Sorry for being so predictable ๐Ÿ˜‰ Believe me, I wish there was still some leftover in our freezer right now. I might just have to cave and make this again for my sister this weekend…

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    Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie — May 20, 2013 at 11:55 am

    Might be the best use of leftover frozen cookies I’ve ever seen. Yum!

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    tracy {pale yellow} — May 20, 2013 at 7:28 pm

    I’ve been loving snickerdoodles lately! Snickerdoodles in ice cream sound fantastic!

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    Jocelyn (Grandbaby Cakes) — May 21, 2013 at 2:25 pm

    I seriously need this ice cream this summer. I am so addicted to snickerdoodles so adding it to ice cream is so genius, I can’t even stand it!

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    Shannon — May 22, 2013 at 12:22 pm

    sounds like you’re going to be baking more snickerdoodles this weekend ๐Ÿ™‚ i’m definitely going to try this one, too!

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    Nutmeg Nanny — May 24, 2013 at 11:01 am

    Oh wow, I love this! I bet this tastes like heaven ๐Ÿ™‚

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    Dina — May 25, 2013 at 8:20 pm

    sounds delish! i love snickerdoodles and cookie pieces in ice cream!

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    Nicki — June 16, 2013 at 12:22 pm

    how much icecream does this recipe make?

    • beantownbaker — June 16th, 2013 @ 1:00 pm

      ~3 cups if I remember correctly.

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    Kelly — January 27, 2014 at 7:25 pm

    HI, I’ve never used coconut milk, but want to be prepared when I go shopping tomorrow….2 cans…how many ounces is that? Recipe sounds delish, can’t wait to try it!!

    • beantownbaker — January 28th, 2014 @ 8:54 am

      The cans I buy are 13.5 oz each.

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