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 don’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 it’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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9 Responses to “Blondies”

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    Jigginjessica — June 4, 2009 at 2:07 pm

    I really love how easy it is to put some variety into blondies! Yum, yours look great!

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    Ingrid — June 4, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    Yum, love these! It was the first thing off of a food blog that I’ve made. It’s also the recipe that started me on the path of being the #1 fan of all things blondie!
    ~ingrid

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    Jen — June 4, 2009 at 5:38 pm

    Yea I can’t believe I’ve never made them before!

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    Colleen — June 4, 2009 at 6:09 pm

    Blondies are one of my favorite things to eat and make!

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    Ellie — June 4, 2009 at 7:35 pm

    I freaking LOVE blondies – and I really like the combo of mix-ins you used!

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    Stephanie Wagner — June 5, 2009 at 11:47 pm

    Thanks for the great idea! I’m making some blondies with Andes Mint baking chips for the lake tomorrow.

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    Mermaid Sweets — June 6, 2009 at 6:09 am

    Great looking blondies. I love how versatile they are.

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    Tyler — August 27, 2010 at 8:57 am

    Just made these today! Delicious!

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