Easy and Quick Cinnamon Candied Pecans
If you like candied pecans, you’ll fall in love with this easy and quick cinnamon candied pecans recipe. The combination of a deep brown sugar flavor with a cinnamon twist melts in your mouth. They are easy and quick to bake and make great gifts—if you don’t eat them all first!
Candied pecans are always a treat around the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, and they are perfect on a salad any time of year.
I love the sweet and crunchy taste of pecans and the nutty flavor.
For this candied pecans recipe, I bought the pecans at Aldi’s. They sell them for a great low price.
The recipe and printable instructions are listed at the end of the post.
How To Make Cinnamon Candied Pecans
Add two egg whites to a bowl and whisk until it’s frothy. Next, add the vanilla extract and mix it in.
Add the pecans and toss them around until they are completely coated with egg and vanilla mixture.
That way, the sugars and cinnamon will stick well.
Nothing like deliciously glazed pecans. Mmm…
Next, add the white sugar. Give it a good stir and coat the pecans.
Add the brown sugar. The brown sugar is what is going to give the candied nuts that deep flavor. Give it a stir again and get the pecans fully coated.
Finally, add the cinnamon and toss them again to cover them completely. It smells so good. And when you bake them, they are really going to make the kitchen smell like Christmas.
Once you’ve coated the pecans, put them on parchment paper, which is safe in the oven. I started to put them on tinfoil, and I don’t even know what I was thinking because they will really stick to that, and it’s not a pretty situation.
Be sure NOT to use wax paper, as it will really stink up the place and smoke up the kitchen.
I transferred my pecans over to parchment paper, on top of a cookie sheet and spread them out.
Bake the cinnamon candied pecans at 300-degrees for about 15 minutes and then take them out and give them a little stir to flip most of them over and cook on the other side (as best as you can).
Stick them back in the oven and bake for 15 more minutes.
Once cinnamon sugar pecans are cooked and “dry-looking,” they are done!
Let them cool, as tempting as it is to eat one. I did, and I burnt my tongue. It was almost worth it. Well, ok, it was worth it.
Can You Freeze Sugar-Coated Pecans?
Yes, you can freeze them. After they are cooked and completely dry, you can place them in a freezer-safe Ziplock bag and save them for up to two months. Be sure to purge the air out of the bag before sealing it to keep it as fresh as possible.
Love treats? Try some of these recipes:
- Chocolate-covered pecans from Southern Home Express
- Easy Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Easy Stovetop Candied Pecans
- Fudge That Will Make All Your Friends Jealous
- Peanut Butter Fudge to Die For
Easy and Quick Cinnamon Candied Pecans
Ingredients
- 2 cups halved pecans
- 2 egg whites
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 3 Tbsp. cinnamon
Instructions
Preheat oven to 300-degrees
- Add the eggs whites to a medium-sized bowl and whisk until frothy.
- Add the vanilla and whisk in.
- Add the pecans and stir until coated.
- Add the white sugar and stir until all of the pecans are coated.
- Add the brown sugar and stir until coated.
- Add the cinnamon and stir until coated.
- Spread the pecans out on a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper.
- Bake for 15 minutes and remove from the oven.
- Give the pecans a stir and return to the oven.
- Bake 15 more minutes until pecans are “dry” and cooked.
- Cool.
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