Oven Roasted Salted Pecans
Oven Roasted Salted Pecans, a smoky, salty taste that reminds me of my childhood. This simple way to make a pecan go from delicious to absolutely divine. Just three ingredients and ready in about 15 minutes!
Roasted, Salty Goodness
There are certain food that just scream HOLIDAY to me! Pecans are always a special treat. One of the ways I love to share them is by Roasted them.
Nostalgic food is a big deal in my house. Just like SOUTHERN TOMATO GRAVY, BISCUITS AND SAUSAGE GRAVY, there are recipes that always make me feel like Home.
These Roasted, Salted Pecans are one of them.
Made with just three ingredients, they are also a great recipe to do at the Holidays with the kids or grandkids.
A simple method of cooking that shows children of all ages how to love on others with food. I loved telling my girls about the Pecan while they were growing up.
One of the few indigenous nut trees to the United States, the pecan was loved by the Indians and shared with Colonist all those years ago. Food and history, they often go hand in hand.
How to Make Them
Start out with a quality pecan half like the ones we use from PRIESTER’S PECANS. Like I said before, with just three ingredients and a cook time of about 15 minutes, this treat is one we often don’t think of doing.
I almost feel guilty putting this into a recipe card because it is so very simple.
Nevertheless, we are going to show you how to do it. If you have never done it before, you will wonder why you waited so long!
~Ingredients
- 1 cup raw pecan halves
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
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~Method
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a medium bowl, drizzle butter over pecans.
- Arrange in a single layer on a greased sheet pan. Sprinkle with half of the salt.
- Bake 5 to 7 minutes, stir and bake an additional 5 to 7 minutes.
- Cool and sprinkle with remaining salt. Enjoy!
Tips and Tricks
Yes! This method applies to any manner of nuts your heart desires! We prefer the Pecan to all others but by all means use what you have on hand! The Roasted saltiness of this will have you hooked! No matter the nut!
I really like to line my pan with aluminum foil before roasting, this helps with clean up. Just note that if you do this, you will still need cooking spray to help keep them from sticking.
Margarine or any plant based butter substitute will work. You can also use coconut or another type of oil. Just be careful if you sub oil for butter, it has a different smoke point so you will want to keep a close eye on your pecans so they will not burn.
Roasted pecans can last 6-12 month refrigerated or frozen in an airtight container. They are only shelf stable for about 1-2 weeks. The oil or fat they are cooked in make them subject to spoil easily. When in doubt, just refrigerate them.
Simple and Delicious
Sometimes, we just need a simple thing. We love to food gift during the Holidays and this is an easy way to do it.
You never know what a simple act of a roasted pecan may do to help lift someone’s spirits. No matter what we do, if we always do it with love, it will never be a simple thing in the eyes of the person who receives it!
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Oven Roasted Salted Pecans
Ingredients
- 1 cup raw pecan halves
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a medium bowl, drizzle butter over pecans.
- Arrange in a single layer on a greased sheet pan. Sprinkle with half of the salt.
- Bake 5 to 7 minutes, stir and bake an additional 5 to 7 minutes.
- Cool and sprinkle with remaining salt. Enjoy!
They burned and I followed the recipe. As a matter of fact, I pulled them from the oven before the timer beeped
Goodness, I hate to hear that. Everyone’s oven is different for sure. I do hope you try again and maybe lower the oven temp or cook for less time.
I purchased a large bag at Sam’s and the recipe says 5 min, stir then cook for another 3-5 minutes. They were perfect.
Great!!!
I believe the recipe is good, but the baking time was not good for my oven. My pecans burnt. I was by the oven the entire time. I’ll try it again with less heat next time.
Yes! Everyone’s ovens are quite different that is why we talk so much about cooking times within the body of our posts on all recipes. Thank you for your rating and great feedback!
How would you store the nuts. Do they need to be refrigerated or in an air tight jar. If making for gift what is the shelf life
Great questions! I have updated the post to answer this! Roasted pecans are subject to spoilage due to cooking in fat. Therefore, it is best to keep them in an airtight container in the refrigerator or freezer. There they will stay good for 6 months, refrigerated or 12 months for frozen.
Twice the baking time needed. Cut back on butter also. Mine burned and were greasy. The package gave accurate baking times, but I hadn’t seen that. These were for an event and I couldn’t make another batch- salvaged them with a few sprinkles of tajin and served.
So sorry to hear they didn’t turn out for you. These are deeply roasted and can sometimes be mistaken for burnt. Like other recipes, you are welcome to adjust to fit your taste. Also make sure you were using raw pecans as the recipes times are specifically for raw pecan halves.
I followed the directions exactly — using use raw pecans and flipping halfway through cooking time– continuing to cook the full time even though they smelled so good already. Once they cooled, they were perfect. I can’t believe such a simple recipe tastes so good.
Thanks Elizabeth! They are a really quick and easy snack but good for special occasions too!
Oh dang! The cooking time was spot on. Maybe it was because I also used raw pecans? Definitely saving this recipe for the holidays!
Wonderful, have made them several times, they are delicious!!!
Thank You!
Delicious, make them @ Christmas!!!
Perhaps my oven cooks hot. The first batch burned. Did it over, this time sprayed with Butter flavored cooking spray. Lowered temp to 250. Did 3 minutes, and then another 3. This time it worked. The pure butter has too low of a burning temperature.
Sorry it didn’t work for you! I am glad you found a fix with your oven. They do all vary!
Anytime you roast pecans the flavor is significantly enhanced. Notes I would like to add is to keep in mind roasting pecans causes them to shrink because the moisture is being baked out to some extent. Changes I’ll make next time is I’ll reduce the butter from 1 tablespoon. Two tablespoons was too much oil. The other change I only used 1/4 tsp of salt and stirred it into the melted butter and then poured onto the pecans. Because of the high butter contnet I’ll freeze the baked pecans to help keep them fresh. Bring to room tempreture and enjoy.
I am on the Keto diet and nuts are allowed so I’ll use these in moderation as a PM treat.
I forgot to add to my comment that I would decrease the butter next time because there was a lot of butter left on the pan and when I’ve made roasted pecans before it wasn’t quite this way. They still taste good though
They turned out just great and I had to add another 6-7 minutes on. I live at sea level, so I don’t know if that makes a difference. But these are yummy.
Thanks!
My family loved this!
Yay! Thanks so much!