Nothing says it’s the holiday season like a bowl full of delicious sweet spiced pecans. And Holy Deliciousness Batman, these are incredible.
It all starts with that perfect blend of spices combined with the depth of flavor of the rum and vanilla. It really creates a beautifully complex flavor combination.
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The Most Delicious Spiced Pecans Recipe
Special Equipment
To Make these sweet spiced pecans, start by toasting your pecans in a single layer on a parchment-lined cookie sheet. 350° for 6-8 minutes.
While the pecans are toasting, combine the sugar, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice in a medium-sized bowl.
Place the cookie sheet of toasted pecans on a wire rack to allow them to cool.
While pecans are cooling, in a heavy saucepan, bring rum, vanilla, brown sugar, and butter to a boil over medium heat.
Once the mixture begins to boil, add toasted pecans and stir, with a silicone spatula, until pecans absorb all of the mixture.
Next, add glazed pecans to the spice mixture and stir to coat.
Return pecans to parchment-lined cookie sheet and allow them to cool.
Rum Glazed Spiced Pecans
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Raw Pecan Halves
Warm Spice Mix
- 2 tbs Sugar
- ½ tsp Kosher Salt
- ½ tsp Ground Cinnamon
- ⅛ tsp Ground Cloves
- ⅛ tsp Ground Allspice
Rum Glaze
- 1 Tbs Dark Rum
- 2 tsp Vanilla Preferably Homemade
- 1 tsp Brown sugar – light or dark
- 1 Tbs Unsalted Butter
Instructions
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper
- Stir together all ingredients for spice mix in a medium bowl and set aside.
- Toast pecans on cookie sheet in 350° oven for 6-8 minutes.
- Place hot cookie sheet on wire rack and let cool.
- Meanwhile, in a heavy sauce pan, bring butter, rum, vanilla and brown sugar to a boil, stirring constantly, over medium heat.
- Add pecans to rum mixture and stir with silicone spatula until the pecans absorb the rum mixture. about a minute
- Transfer glazed pecans to the bowl with spice mixture. Stir until pecans are well coated.
- Return warm spiced pecans to the parchment lined cookie sheet to cool.
Notes
This recipe is incredibly easy and easily adapted to your tastes. Once you have made this a few times you will be able to tweak it to fit any occasion.
Variations:
- Don’t limit yourself to pecans. You can use any type of nut that you like.
- If you want to make them spicier you can cayenne pepper to your liking.
How to Gift Spiced Pecans?
If you are going to give these delicious sweet spiced pecans as gifts, you will need to know how many batches to make.
The most economical way to make large batches of spiced nuts is to buy the 2-pound bag of pecans from Costco. This will give you 9 cups of pecans for about $13 – and even less if you can get them on sale.
Use the table below to help you plan your large batches of sweet spiced pecans. And don’t forget to make a batch for yourself.
How many gifts can you make using a 2-pound bag of Costco pecans?
| Size of Gift | Number of Gifts |
| 1/2 cup of pecans | 18 gifts |
| 3/4 cup of pecans | 12 gifts |
| 1 cup of pecans | 9 gifts |
| 1 1/2 cups pecans | 6 gifts |
| 2 cups pecans | 4.5 gifts |
What goes well with spiced nuts?
- Chocolate
- Cheeses
- Charcuterie
How to package Spiced Pecans
- Mason Jar
- Cellophane Bags
- Holiday Tins
Tie a bow with some jute rope or a nice ribbon and you have a gift all your friends will be happy to receive.
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What a great recipe! Perfect for company or the holidays.