my kitchen world tour: How To Brand Candied Pecans

Adding that piddling extra-special decorative acquit on to your desserts, salads ... or fifty-fifty breakfast dishes ... is tardily alongside Candied Pecans. Follow these uncomplicated steps on how to brand Candied Pecans, as well as thence role the tasty results to beautifully transcend & adorn a diversity of treats!

special decorative acquit on to your desserts How to Make Candied Pecans

I receive got to admit, garnishing & "prettying up" my nutrient is non my potent point. Heck, earlier I became a nutrient blogger the idea of garnishing my foods to laissez passer on them that piddling extra optic appeal never crossed my mind. I gauge I'm a subscriber to the "food is inherently beautiful merely every bit it is" philosophy!

But ... truth survive told ... a piddling sprinkling of fresh herbs, a strategically placed sprig of mint or parsley, a shaving of chocolate, or fifty-fifty merely a dash of freshly-cracked pepper tin laissez passer on the sack larn a long means inwards giving foods a piddling extra sparkle as well as appeal. When it comes to adorning those desserts? Candied Pecans tin laissez passer on the sack add together that piddling extra-special decorative acquit on to thence many sweetness treats!

Use Candied Pecans to scatter or brand decorative patterns on cakes ... house inwards the pump of cookies as well as bars ... or transcend desserts, cupcakes, muffins, as well as breakfast breads. They laissez passer on a wonderful chip of season as well as mash to salads, too!

But how to brand Candied Pecans, yous ask? They're genuinely quite simple, alongside merely iii piddling steps.

First, simmer pecans on the stove transcend inwards a mixture of granulated saccharide as well as water. This allows the pecans to soak upward as well as larn coated inwards the sugar. The pecans receive got on a hint of sweetness, but it's non every bit good much ... non thence much every bit to blow your sweetness molar out of the water.

Second, bake the simmered pecans. Baking dries the pecans as well as "sets" the saccharide syrup mixture.

The 3rd as well as concluding pace is to coat the warm baked pecans alongside a sprinkling of saccharide ... to laissez passer on them a concluding acquit on of sweetness as well as brand them extra pretty. The chip of sparkle from the saccharide granules is that piddling sparkly acquit on that makes Candied Pecans thence fun as well as festive!

I similar to role turbinado saccharide because the saccharide grains are a piddling larger inwards size, but granulated saccharide volition travel merely fine, too. And if yous desire flavored Candied Pecans? Just mix the sprinkle of saccharide alongside a pinch of reason cinnamon earlier coating the warm pecans.

And that, my friends, is how to brand Candied Pecans. Pretty simple, right? But these uncomplicated piddling jewels certain tin laissez passer on the sack add together a beautiful extra-special decorative {& flavorful} acquit on to a diversity of treats. I've shared a few examples downwards below the recipe, thence continue on scrolling to run into how Candied Pecans could survive position into action.

How to Make Candied Pecans
(Printable recipe)

Ingredients

1/2 c. granulated sugar
1/2 c. water
1 c. pecan halves
1/2 tsp. turbinado saccharide {or granulated sugar}

Directions

Place granulated saccharide as well as H2O inwards a pocket-size saucepan over medium heat; stir until saccharide is fully dissolved. Add pecans as well as simmer for nearly six minutes.
Use a slotted spoon to take away pecans from the saccharide syrup. Lay inwards a unmarried layer on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 - 12 minutes, stirring once.
Remove pecans from oven. While hot, sprinkle alongside turbinado sugar.
Let cool completely, as well as thence shop inwards an airtight container until laid to use.

Note For flavored Candied Pecans, combine turbinado saccharide alongside a pinch of reason cinnamon.

Enjoy!

Using Candied Pecans

Use Candied Pecans to beautifully transcend & adorn a diversity of dessert treats. Rustically scatter or brand decorative patterns on cakes ... house inwards the pump of cookies as well as bars ... transcend desserts, cupcakes, muffins, breakfast breads ... as well as more! They laissez passer on a wonderful chip of season as well as mash to salads, too! While non all the pecans inwards the photos below are candied, they certain could be!

Cakes

Pecan Meringue Kiss Cookies | from

Bourbon-Glazed Sweet Potato Muffins | from

Breakfasts