Pecan Brittle
How to Make Pecan Brittle with Coconut
For the holidays, there are many available recipes that you can make, especially recipes that use pecans as the main ingredient. One example is the pecan brittle. You can serve this as crunchy snacks or mouth watering desserts to your guests, or even as sweet treats for children. You can also pack or wrap pecan brittles in special wrappers and give them as gifts or giveaways on your party. To add unique flavour to your regular pecan brittle, you can add toasted coconut flakes. Here are the few simple steps on how to make pecan brittle with toasted coconut flakes.
• You will need a cup of chopped pecans, a cup of coconut flakes, two cups of granulated sugar, a teaspoon of salt, half a cup of water, a cup of corn syrup, a teaspoon of vanilla, two tablespoons of plain unsalted butter, a couple teaspoons of baking soda, and additional half a teaspoon of coconut flavour or vanilla.
• Grease your baking pan using butter.
• Toast the coconut flakes. To do this, preheat your oven at a temperature of 350 degrees. Thinly and evenly spread the coconut over a different baking pan. The baking pan should not be greased or buttered. Bake the coconut flakes while stirring them several times until 10 minutes.
• Make the pecan and coconut mixture by adding the chopped pecans into the baked coconut flakes.
• In a saucepan, heat the sugar, salt, and water until the sugar has completely melted. Boil the mixture. Add the corn syrup and wait for a few minutes. Do not stir. Add the pecan and coconut mixture and let it boil a few more minutes.
• Turn off the oven and add the vanilla, butter, and baking soda. Stir well. Put the mixture into the greased pan. The greased pan should be warmed inside the oven which has been turned off after toasting the coconut flakes. Spread the candy pecans evenly. Let it cool and cut into pieces in uniform sizes. Love the Pecan brittle friends!