Chewy and brittle shouldn’t go together in the same sentence, but they do here because…I MAKE MY OWN RULES!! Just trust me on this one. It’s good, it’s real good. It’s sitting in my freezer just calling my name. Bastard.
I’m so excited the election is over. I miss the days when I didn’t know people’s political opinions. Back in the good ole days. Like 3 months ago. At least now people can kind of stop hating each other for their differences in opinion. Laura doesn’t hate me because I think squat snatching is fun and she thinks it’s awful. We understand that we both have differences in opinion and we definitely don’t rip each others faces off because of it. Politics stuff is weird. All I know is that my Tuesday night (one of which I finally didn’t have to work on) was not filled with laughter and smiling while watching New Girl and The Mindy Project. But instead it was filled with lots of red and blue covering the tv screen. What if I was color blind?! How the hell would I know what was going on!? Bad joke.
I’m bored with politics talk. Let’s talk about me! Only child syndrome going on. So I got my car back yesterday. Remember how it was stolen then found all within 36 hours? Well, I had to get the ignition fixed up since they tore that apart, as well as get an alarm installed. An alarm? Really? I DO NOT have a nice enough car to have an alarm. Whatever. So I have this stealth sounding alarm that makes me look like a tool every time I lock my car. But when I picked up my car, my dad told me to test out the alarm…by smacking the window. So I stood outside, staring at my car, and smacking the window like I was getting my revenge from a cheating incident. Thankfully I haven’t met anyone in years to break my heart and turn me into much uglier Carrie Underwood. Before he cheats style.
I’m going to try to fancy up my car. I’m going to go get it detailed. It needs it. It still smells like weed. I bet these little bros who keep stealing my cars are pumped about Amendment 64 in CO. Now they won’t have to steal a car to just smoke weed in. Even though this Amendment isn’t actually a green light yet, people on Twitter keep asking me if I’m going to spice up my baked goods…meaning with weed. Here’s the thing, weed smells like skunks. And makes me want to eat an entire box of Lucky Charms. So I tend to stay away from it. Especially when it comes to paleo baked good. If I made my sweet potato brownies into sweet weed potato brownies, sh*t could get real ugly. Meaning my ass could triple in size.
Btw, I started washing my face with honey. In the mornings, when I have no make up on. Just a little warm water and honey does the trick. And makes your face feel real smooth. So I’m washing my face with honey in the mornings, oil cleansing at night, and using coconut oil as my face moisturizer in the day AND night. I smell like a hippy. Straight up.
Thanksgiving Dessert: Chewy Pecan Pie Brittle
- Yield: 4-5 1x
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup pecans (more would work if you REALLY love pecans)
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 cup Coconut Oil, melted
- 1/2 cup coconut butter
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Place a medium saucepan over medium heat.
- Add a tablespoon of coconut oil then add your pecans to the pan. Toss around to coat in the oil and keep moving to help roast your pecans without burning them.
- When your pecans begin to become fragrant and browned a bit, add your honey and maple syrup. Mix well.
- Once your sugar begins to thicken just a little, add your coconut oil and coconut cream concentrate. Keep mixing with a rubber spatula to make sure your coconut cream concentrate doesn’t burn.
- Then add your cinnamon, vanilla extract, and a pinch of salt.
- When everything is well combined, turn burner on low and let simmer for about 3-4 minutes to thicken just a bit. (it won’t get super thick, so don’t expect that)
- While your mixture is thickening, line a 8×8 glass baking dish with parchment paper, pressing the paper down into the sides of the dish.
- Then pour your mixture into the parchment-lined baking dish and use a spoon to spread out the pecans throughout the mixture.
- Place in the freezer and let freeze for an hour or more. When you pull it from the freezer, it should be completely hardened but still have a chewyness to it.
- Use a knife to break it into pieces.
- Store in the freezer until serving!
- Sooooooo much better than pecan pie. #factoflife
Notes
*Prep only takes about 10 minutes, but it should sit in the freezer for over an hour before serving!
**To make it even creamier in texture, ad about 1/4 cup almond butter or sunflower seed butter!
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Do you just use extra virgin coconut oil on your face? I ask because I use it on my kiddos skin and thinking the expeller pressed may be cheaper.
You are awesome!
I made this tonite it’s 4 hours in freezer and still soft,tastes good though :-)What could’ve I done wrong?The cream concentrate i used had to be added to be added to 100ml water could this be where i went wrong?? thanks
it still stays a bit soft, it should be a little chewy
I love washing my face with honey! I also found a recipe for a mask on Pinterest with 1 tbsp honey, 1/2 tsp cinnamon and 1/2 tsp nutmeg. It makes enough for two or three masks. Put it on a clean face and wash off after 30 minutes. The cinnamon is anti-inflammatory which should help with the redness and bumps. I’ve also used it as a face wash in the shower. It’s a very nice exfoliator! Plus, it tastes delicious 🙂
I love pecan pie and will make this for myself very soon. I was thinking I’d like to try making this for my family for Thanksgiving, too, but my mom is allergic to pecans. Do you think walnuts or cashews would be a good substitute?
‘Great recipe! ‘Everyone loved it… I was one of four presenters at a Phoenix area Paleo Meetup group meeting. We met with the sole goal of tasting the dessert treats of 15 participants. I used Nutiva’s Coconut Manna for the coconut cream concentrate. These treats are hyper-sweet, which is great in that only a very small square will hit the spot for that after-Thanksgiving ‘pie.’ ‘Really is better than pecan pie. It thickens up nicely if you wait long enough and it does take a little time to mix in the coconut oil and manna, resulting in an almost taffy texture. It was a hit at the Meetup and your site was mentioned. Thanks for all you do! Marty
So I made this today. Just ate my first bite. WHOH. It’s amazingly good but super sweet. Not sure I can eat very much in one sitting since I don’t eat that much sugar anymore.
But it was GOOD GOOD GOOD!!!!!! And it was so easy to make, my 3 yr old helped me.
you HAVE to fill us in on how the OCM and honey works for your skin!!
These look delish! I have been doing Paleo for 2 weeks and gained 10lbs, I obviously cannot control my intake of coconut flour… ughhh… I sure would like to win those coconut vanilla bytes and Almond Butter ones from Goodbody Baked Goods. I stalk your blog!
This is like so insanely crazy delicious. I didn’t have coconut cream and doubled up on the pecans. Amazing!!!