Ingredients
8 servings
- •½ cup water
- •½ cup white sugar
- •½ cup brown sugar
- •¼ teaspoon salt
- •3 tablespoons butter
- •2 eggs
- •1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- •½ cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Heat water in a saucepan over medium-low heat; cook and stir white sugar into hot water until dissolved, about 5 minutes. Stir brown sugar and salt into the sugar mixture until dissolved; stir in butter.
- Whisk eggs and vanilla together in a bowl until smooth; stir 2 to 3 tablespoons hot sugar mixture into eggs, 1 tablespoon at a time, to slowly bring eggs up to temperature without cooking them. Slowly stir egg mixture into saucepan of sugar mixture. Fold in pecans.
- Increase temperature to medium heat; cook and stir mixture until thickened and bubbling, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low before serving.
Nutritional Facts
Per 8 servings
- Calories: 208
- Carbohydrate: 27g
- Fat: 11g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Sugar: 26g