Maple Cinnamon Candied Pecans
Perfectly roasted candied pecans sweetened with maple syrup and a little bit of brown sugar. Full of cinnamon flavor and only 5 ingredients!
Equipment
- silicone mat (A must to prevent the sugar mixture on the nuts from sticking to the pan! It also makes it easy to mix the nuts while they are roasting in the oven.)
- sheet pan
Ingredients
- 5 cups pecans
- ½ cup real maple syrup (*make sure this is REAL maple syrup and not any other kinda of mixed or alternative syrup.)
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 T ground cinnamon
- ½ t salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Prepare a baking sheet with a silicone mat. (This is a must in order to prevent the sugar syrup mixture from sticking to the pan. This makes it easy to stir the pecans throughout the roasting process as well.)
- In a bowl, toss pecans with the maple syrup and ensure their well coated. Whisk together cinnamon, brown sugar, and salt in a separate small bowl. Then mix the brown sugar cinnamon mixture into the pecans. Toss well until thoroughly mixed.
- Pour out pecans onto the silicone mat on the baking sheet. Ensure you scrape out any syrup sugar mixture left in the bowl. Spread the pecans across the silicone mat evenly in one layer.
- Place pecans into the preheated oven and bake for about 10 minutes, then stir and toss the pecans ensuring they are all coated well. Bake for an additional 10 minutes and stir the pecans again. Bake for 5 more minutes until pecans are completely roasted and dark brown. When you take them out of the oven (after 25 minutes), you'll want to stir again really well. Each time you stir, you evenly distribute the sugar syrup mixture on the nuts. If it seems a little tacky at first, they will firm up as they cool. Leave on the silicone mat to cool completely. Enjoy!
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