THE NANZ’ HOLIDAY PECANS

THE NANZ’ MAKES KILLER PECANS.

Wait, backstory: when we were little, my sister Faye & I would go over to The Nanz’ ( aka my grandma ) house. All three of us would make pecans as gifts because my sister & I couldn’t afford presents yet. The whole experience was very much memorable: we’d turn on some Frank Sinatra holiday jams, drink Diet Rite ( OMG, remember Diet Rite? ), & whip up candy coated pecans.

Every Christmas since, I crave her pecans.

&…every Christmas since, I ask her to e-mail me the recipe.

But she’s chic & vintage and has her recipes written out ( #GOALS ). So usually we end up baking them together, reading off her faded index card.

Anyway, this year was the year I decided I HAD TO SHARE her recipe with you guys. IT’S SO GOOD YOU WILL DIE.

I MEAN obviously this one is near & dear to my heart so I really hope you love it.

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Recipe? Glad you asked:

THE NANZ’ HOLIDAY PECANS:

1 egg white
1 pound pecan halves
1 tablespoon water
1 cup white sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

+ Directions: preheat oven to 250 degrees F. Grease a baking sheet. Beat together egg white & water until you get a frothy-like consistency. In a separate mixing bowl, mix up sugar, salt, cinnamon, & nutmeg. Slowly add pecan halves to egg whites, stirring to cover the nuts evenly. Toss everything into the sugar mix until it’s evenly coated. Delicately spread the pecans on the ready to go baking sheet. Bake at 250 degrees for 50 minutes to 1 hour ( checking on them regularly ). Stir every 15 minutes while in the oven. ENJOY!!

If you’re in a position where you can’t afford gnarly gifts for everyone ( trust me, I’ve been there ), make these pecans for friends and family.

The gesture is thoughtful & personal.

I promise guys, you can’t go wrong. They will be so busy stuffing their face with this treat they won’t even bat an eyelash about the price tag.

A tip from The Nanz ( we did this when we were little too ): wrap the pecans up in colorful cellophane wrapping ( she prefers blue ) & add a little curly ribbon ( she prefers white ). After that she recommends stuffing them into little tin boxes. When we were little we stuffed the cellophane baggies into tins covered with guardian angels. Then we made little gold name tags.

Cute right? For the record, if you can’t tell— I love my grandma so much! She is my absolute best friend for life. I’m so obsessed with her. Like I’d rather go out for skinny margaritas with her on Friday night than anyone else. She’s fun as shit.

Ok so, if you are having ANY holiday parties, MAKE THESE. If you’re not married, guys will be down on one knee ( right, Michael? He LOVES them ). Really just the perfect holiday treat.

Do any of you have a sweet, handwritten throwback recipe that you share with your grandparents? Would love to hear!

Until next time, lauryn x

SHOP MY OUTFIT: black lace dress ( sold out, similar ) | black nail polish | gold bangles | pearl earrings

+ SHOP THE NANZ’ OUTFIT BECAUSE SHE’S SO CUTE: red blazer | gold bangles | light pink nail polish

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