Southern Cinnamon Sugared Pecans

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup evaporated milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups shelled pecan halves

Recipe

• 1 in a large sauce pan over medium heat, combine evaporated milk, sugar, water and vanilla.
• 2 heat mixture, stirring often, until sugar is dissolved.
• 3 add cinnamon and stir. some may float on top.
• 4 add 3 cups of pecans to mixture and stir to cover.
• 5 continue stirring pecans in mixture until pecans become coated well and mixture cooks away (gets absorbed/crystalized on the the pecans).
• 6 spread hot coated pecans on wax paper; try to separate them as you spread them on the paper.
• 7 let pecans cool completely.
• 8 break apart pecans and store in air-tight container for up to 2 weeks.
• 9 to give as gifts, put in decorative glass jars or decorative tins lined with wax paper.
• 10 note: i've tried using brown sugar (1:1 with the sugar), but the pecans have a tendency to come out sticky and the sugars don't get 'crystalized'. i have not tried these with turbinado or unbleached cane sugar yet. if they don't turn out right, i'll have to keep them for myself !