Buttered Pecan Pie in a Jar

This Butter Pecan Spread is creamy & crunchy, sweet & salty, smooth & sugary... It's the best thing you'll ever eat straight out of a jar!

Author: thehealthyfoodie.com

Yields a little over 2 cups

Ingredients

◈1/2 cup ghee

◈1/3 cup pure maple syrup

◈1/2 teaspoon Himalayan salt

◈1 whole vanilla bean, chopped

◈4 cups raw pecans

◈1/4 cup raw honey

◈1/2 teaspoon ground ceylon cinnamon

◈1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

Instruction

✖In a large skillet set over medium-high heat, bring ghee, salt and maple syrup to a boil.

✖Once the syrup starts bubbling vigorously, add the pecans and cook, stirring almost constantly, until the pecans take a nice golden caramel color and start to smell heavenly good, about 2-3 minutes.

✖Kill the heat and allow to cool sligthly, until the nuts have hardened and can be handled with bare hands.

✖Reserve 1 cup of the pecan mixture and add the rest to the bowl of your food processor. 

✖Process until the nuts turn to butter, which should not take lond at all, about 1-2 minutes.

✖Stop the motor, add chopped vanilla bean, honey, cinnnamon and nutmeg. Resume processing until well incorporated.

✖Add reserved pecans and pulse a few times, just so they get coarsely chopped.

✖Transfer to glass jar and allow to rest and settle, ideally until the next day.

✖This will keep in the cupboards for a few weeks in an airtight container.

NF based on 1 tbsp