Maple Pecans

A jar of golden glazed pecans on a white round marble plate.

5 from 1 vote

Crunchy, rich, and lightly sweet, toss these maple candied pecans on a salad, snack on them at cocktail hour, package up a jar as a housewarming gift or add a few chopped to oatmeal or baby green beans.

Prep Time5

Cook Time15

Total Time20

Course: Appetizer, Snack

Cuisine: American

Servings: 1 ounce each

Calories: 227kcal

Author: Sally Cameron

Equipment

Half sheet baking tray
Foil or parchment

Ingredients

2 tablespoons dark maple syrup
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons packed brown sugar or golden monk fruit
1 teaspoon warm spices such as cinnamon, ginger, clove, nutmeg (in total). pumpkin pie spice or five spice
2 pinches of sea salt
1 pound raw pecan halves

Instructions

Pre-heat an oven to 325°F and ready a baking tray with parchment or foil. Over medium low heat in a sauté pan or skillet, add butter, maple syrup, olive oil, brown sugar, spices and salt. Melt and stir until smooth. Add pecans and stir to coat evenly with a non-stick spatula.
Spread nuts evenly on the baking sheet. Bake until nuts are golden brown and you can smell the spices, about 15-18 minutes. Do not let them get too dark. Allow nuts to cool. They will crisp upon cooling. Package in an airtight container.

Notes

It takes approximately 21 pecans to make up a full ounce. That's a generous handful of pecans, far more than you need for a salad. A half ounce of nuts (about 10) has just 1.6 grams of sugar, and 109 calories.

For spices, the 1 teaspoon is a total measurement. Use all cinnamon, or whatever you'd like. I usually do ½ teaspoon cinnamon, then a quarter each of allspice and nutmeg.

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