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close up of homemade cinnamon sugar pecans in a mason jar
Victoria Pruett

Easy Cinnamon Sugar Candied Pecans

4.33 from 28 votes
These Cinnamon Sugar Candied Pecans are sweet, crunchy, and packed with a bold cinnamon flavor. Plus, they are quick and easy! Ready for the oven in five minutes, ready to eat in less than an hour, and they turn out perfectly every time!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings: 8
Course: Snack
Cuisine: American
Calories: 494
Ingredients Method Video Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound pecan halves
  • 1 egg white
  • 1 Tablespoon water
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon cinnamon
  • pinch salt

Method
 

  1. Preheat your oven to 250°F.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together the egg white, vanilla, and water until it’s really frothy.
  3. In a separate, smaller bowl, combine the sugar, cinnamon, and salt.
  4. Add the pecans to the egg white mixture and mix until all the pecans are coated.
  5. Add half the sugar mixture to the pecans and stir to coat them.
  6. Add the rest of the sugar mixture to the pecans and stir to coat completely.
  7. Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper.
  8. Spread the pecans over the wax paper evenly, and try to separate them as much as possible.
  9. Bake for 1 hour at 250°F, stirring every 15 minutes.
  10. Let the pecans cool for 15 minutes before storing or eating the candied pecans. Store in an air-tight container until ready to eat.

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Notes

  1. Don't skip the stirring every 15 mins step, or you will spend forever trying to get them off the parchment paper.
  2. Line your pan with parchment paper, or they will stick to the pan badly because of the sugar.
  3. Store them once cool for up to a month.