This Buttered Pecans recipe is very simple. In under 30 minutes, you’ll have a nice serving of toasted, sugared nuts that can be divided for use as gifts or offered up to feed people at a gathering.
Or, if you’re like me, make them for yourself and enjoy them alongside cheese for a few weeks.
These pecans are not thickly coated with sugar, though you may get some sweet globs depending on how things are stirred together at the end.
Bready or Not Original: Buttered Pecans
These Buttered Pecans are perfect as an appetizer, a gift, or an accompaniment for cheese!
Ingredients
- 3 Tablespoons brown sugar packed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoons fine sea salt
- 2 cups whole pecans
- 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature
Instructions
- Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil. Preheat oven or air fryer at 325 degrees.
- Combine brown sugar, vanilla, and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Measure pecans into the baking pan. Pinch off some of the soft butter and rub it into the pecans. Repeat until all of the butter is coating the pecans. Pour on the sugar mix and stir to coat.
- Bake pecans for 5 minutes. Stir. Bake 10 more minutes. Taking care, because this stuff is hot, scoop up any liquified sugar and coat the nuts. Transfer the pecans to a plate or another pan to cool.
- Start enjoying after the nuts have cooled to a safe level. Store in a sealed container at room temperature for upwards of 3 weeks.
