These easy maple candied pecans are made with maple syrup, brown sugar, white sugar, and cinnamon! Ready in less than 15 minutes!
Ingredients
- 3 cups raw pecans, whole
- 1 Tbsp water
- 3 Tbsp pure maple syrup
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- cinnamon sugar, for sprinkling (optional)
Instructions
- In a large saucepan, over medium-low heat, combine all ingredients except pecans. Stir until all sugar and spices have dissolved completely.
- Add in pecans, making sure all nuts are coated with the sugar mixture.
- Once coated, stir constantly (on med-low heat) for about 7-8 minutes, or until there is no more liquid in the pot. Remove from heat immediately (otherwise the sugars might burn).
- As soon as the nuts are done, pour nuts onto a sheet of parchment paper to cool (make sure they are flat and in a single layer, otherwise the nuts will stick to each other). If you want to sprinkle with cinnamon sugar to give them a ‘sugared’ look (as pictured), do it while the nuts are cooling so the cinnamon sugar will stick.
- Enjoy!