Today I?m sharing my family?s recipe for crockpot cinnamon pecans that we make every year for the holidays:

I played around with the original recipe to make it much healthier and lower in sugar, and no one could tell a difference.
That?s my goal with all of the recipes I publish here on the blog.
It?s a sign of a successful healthy dessert if the people to whom you serve it don?t feel like they?re missing anything and would gladly pick the healthy version over the original. These slow cooker pecans–completely vegan and free of refined sugar–make such an excellent gift. People appreciate the cinnamon pecans because they are homemade and taste delicious… and all you have to do is throw everything in the slow cooker and sit back as the machine does all the work for you!
This family-favorite Christmas recipe is one of the three recipes I made for The Dr. Oz Show.
(More photos from the show can be found here.)

Craft stores such as Michaels or JoAnn are great places to go if you want to package the pecans up and hand them out as gifts. Most craft stores will sell holiday-themed paper and tin boxes (like the santa box above) at a pretty good price. Another option is to place the nuts in clear bags tied with holiday ribbons. I could honestly spend hours in craft stores.
**If you don?t have a crock pot, I?ve also included oven instructions in the recipe below.

Cinnamon Pecans

Cinnamon Pecans – Just 5 Ingredients

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