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State fair vanilla sugar pecans

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This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Fair Food
Chef
Fran McGinty's Notes:
Whenever I tried to make some roasted nut recipe it never turned out tasting like the fair nuts. These do.

Serves 13

1 cup sugar Ask a question about this ingredient

1/3 cup evaporated milk Ask a question about this ingredient

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon Ask a question about this ingredient

1/4 teaspoon vanilla Ask a question about this ingredient

2 tablespoons water Ask a question about this ingredient

3 cups pecans Ask a question about this ingredient

mix all the ingredients except the pecans in a medium size pot.
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cook over medium heat stirring constantly until sugar is melted.
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add pecans and stir constantly until no liquid remains in pan.
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lay nuts on parchment lined cookie sheet to cool.
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1 Comment on State fair vanilla sugar pecans

eska added 5 months ago

I made these today as the method resembled what I saw at the Completely Nuts booth at the Iowa State Fair. These are as close as I have come to finding a homemade version. These really do taste like the nuts you buy a the State Fair. I used almonds instead of pecans, but otherwise followed the recipe exactly. Next time I might increase the vanilla, but otherwise, these are great as is. Thanks for sharing the recipe.