Spiced Candied Pecans

I LOVE a candied nut

They can make your salad SO much better with a little sweet crunch and only a few go a long way. These are easy to make, are great for the holidays and I love having them around to toss into a salad. I always send a big container to work with my husband to munch on at work. These are easy and don’t take much time.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups pecans

• 1/3 cup coconut sugar

• 1/3 cup orange juice

• 1 tsp orange zest

• 2 tbsp finely chopped rosemary

• 1.5 tsp fine sea salt

• 2 tbsp egg whites (about 1 egg’s worth)

Method:

• preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with a silpat

• beat egg whites in a mixing bowl until frothy

• add the coconut sugar, orange juice, orange zest, rosemary, sea salt and whisk together

• add in the pecans and mix well until it seems they’re all covered

• spread evenly on the baking sheet and bake on the middle shelf for 15 minutes, toss them once and bake for another 10 - make sure to check them so they don’t burn towards the end.

• take them out and let them cool completely.

• you can move the silpat around the break them up/unstick them. store in an airtight container until they’re gone!

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I hope you LOVE these as much as we do! They’re equally savory as they are sweet which is the perfect combination if you ask me. If you make them be sure to share it on Instagram and tag me @AshleyPattenPilates and/or comment below!

xx, Ashley