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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8 Responses to “Blueberry Cheesecake Bars”

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    Kelsey — July 19, 2011 at 4:09 am

    Yum yum YUM! I love blueberry anything. I love cheesecake anything. Heaven!

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    Anonymous — July 19, 2011 at 8:09 pm

    I think Katrina’a blog is Baking and Boys!

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    Allison — July 20, 2011 at 12:05 pm

    Yum. The chewy oat crust sound great. Good pick!

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    Mykie — July 20, 2011 at 12:12 pm

    I want to smoosh a whole batch of them in my mouth! Yummers!

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    marla — July 31, 2011 at 3:29 pm

    I have been admiring these crumb bars for quite some time! Great pick for the SRC – fun to participate in this event with you 🙂

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    Erin — December 7, 2016 at 11:19 am

    These are amazing. I make them for everything, bake sales, holidays and potlucks, and you can easily substitute whatever berries you have on hand. I’ve done mixed berries, raspberry and blackberry with this recipe! Thanks so much for sharing!

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    Darci — November 22, 2020 at 8:32 pm

    Best cheese ball in the world! I’ve been coming back to this recipe for years- so good!

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