Brown Sugar Pecan Brittle
Description
Pecan brittle doesn't get faster or easier than this recipe with only five ingredients: butter, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, and pecans.
Ingredients
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2 tablespoons butter
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1/4 cup brown sugar
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1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, or more to taste
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 cup crushed pecans, or more to taste
Directions
1
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir brown sugar in hot butter until dissolved. Add cinnamon and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute.
2
Stir vanilla into brown sugar mixture; cook and stir until vanilla stops sizzling, about 30 seconds. Add pecans; cook and stir until pecans are fragrant and lightly toasted, about 1 minute. Pour pecan mixture out in a layer on parchment paper. Let cool to room temperature before breaking into pieces, about 20 minutes.