Wednesday, December 14, 2011
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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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13 Responses to “Funfetti Chocolate Chip Cookies”

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    Eva @ Eva Bakes — March 4, 2013 at 8:50 am

    These are so festive – love them!

    • beantownbaker — March 4th, 2013 @ 1:51 pm

      Sprinkles make everything festive 🙂

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    Krystal R {Mrs. Regueiro's Plate} — March 4, 2013 at 12:31 pm

    What festive looking cookies! Looks fantastic!

    • beantownbaker — March 4th, 2013 @ 1:51 pm

      Thanks! Love your new picture!

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    Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie — March 4, 2013 at 1:45 pm

    Love that you were able to adapt them from an already favorite cookie

    • beantownbaker — March 4th, 2013 @ 1:52 pm

      I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve adapted those cookies to fit my needs. They’re awesome.

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    bETH — March 6, 2013 at 10:06 am

    Mixed the dough last night, can’t wait to get home and bake these tonight!

    • beantownbaker — March 6th, 2013 @ 8:38 pm

      Yay! I hope you love them 🙂

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    Vera Zecevic-Cupcakes Garden — March 7, 2013 at 10:22 am

    I’m a huge fan of all sorts of cookies, I am always glad to find new,creative recipe.

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    Sues — March 8, 2013 at 7:48 am

    I love making Funfetti cookies, but have never added chocolate/white chocolate chips. The more the merrier!! 🙂 And they’re super pretty!

    • beantownbaker — March 9th, 2013 @ 3:02 pm

      Thanks! Funfetti makes everything better.

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    Katie — September 4, 2017 at 12:35 pm

    Can this dough be frozen?

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    google — June 14, 2025 at 11:55 pm

    Wonderful write-up… This is very insightful.
    Keep up the good work

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