Brown Sugar Pecan Brittle recipe

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Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter
¼ cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, or more to taste
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup crushed pecans, or more to taste

Nutrition Info

125.3 calories
carbohydrate: 7.3 g
cholesterol: 6.1 mg
fat: 10.9 g
fiber: 1.3 g
protein: 1.1 g
saturatedFat: 2.2 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 18 mg
sugar: 5.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir brown sugar in hot butter until dissolved. Add cinnamon and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute.

  2. Stir vanilla into brown sugar mixture, cook and stir until vanilla stops sizzling, about 30 seconds. Add pecans, cook and stir until pecans are fragrant and lightly toasted, about 1 minute. Pour pecan mixture out in a layer on parchment paper. Let cool to room temperature before breaking into pieces, about 20 minutes.

Recipe Yield

10 servings

Recipe Note

Super simple and very delicious treat! A brittle that tastes just like the candied pecans from the mall. The recipe doesn't make a big batch but it is definitely worth it. Mexican vanilla is super yummy with this.

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