Brown Sugar Pecan Brittle

Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Servings: 10
Yield: 10 servings

Description

Pecan brittle doesn't get faster or easier than this recipe with only five ingredients: butter, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, and pecans.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, or more to taste
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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.