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Spiced Candied Pecans Recipe
Spiced Candied Pecans
Makes: 4 servings

With just the right amount of spice and salt to keep you snacking, these nuts by NOLA chef Donald Link (Cochon, Herbsaint) are an ideal companion for a Vieux Carré, or toss some atop a green salad.

Game plan: If you prefer other nuts over pecans, feel free to substitute them in this recipe.

This recipe was featured as part of our Mardi Gras Recipes photo gallery.

INGREDIENTS
  • 2 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon fresh or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  • 1/2 pound whole, raw pecans
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and arrange a rack in the middle. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
  2. Place all ingredients except the butter and nuts in a large bowl and stir to combine. Add the melted butter and stir until incorporated. Add the nuts and stir until evenly coated. Spread in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes, stirring once, until golden brown and fragrant. Let cool on the baking sheet.

Recipe provided by Chef Donald Link, author of Real Cajun: Rustic Home Cooking from Donald Link’s Louisiana.

    Write a review | 7 Reviews
  • Spiced Candied Pecans Recipe
    1

    forget the sugar...pour in maple syrup and pat with butter

  • Spiced Candied Pecans Recipe
    2

    A 1/2 tsp of sugar will not remotely candy 8 oz of nuts. Recipe needs revision.

  • Nice recipe. Wintzel's Oyster House in Mobile, AL has a fried oyster salad that has sweet and spicy pecans in it made by glazing roasted pecans with a golden syrup/tabasco mixture. The pecans are addictive.

  • ive made lots of different cooked nuts in the past. first mix sugar and spices and whatever i want to add. then i take an egg white and a tbs of water and use a stick blender to make into a foam. toss nuts in egg mix then toss with sugar mix. bake at 300, mix every 10-15 for about 35-45. done. use garlicy and keep on hand for salads, use cinnamon and maple for a sweet treat. yum.

  • When I do this, I first melt the butter and sugar (and spices), stir in the nuts and let them cook for a minute or so, then bake them. But I do more or less equal parts butter and sugar. The ratio in this recipe is wrong.

  • There seems to be some brown sugar missing to get the "candied" effect.

  • I tried this today and just ended up with buttery pecans, definitely no "candied" here. Any hints?

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