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Vegan Maple Pecan Sauce

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Simple and so delicious, this sauce is bursting with flavor and requires just two main ingredients. A tasty whole-food plant-based treat with no added oil. Takes just 2 minutes if you have pecan butter made - 30 minutes if you need to make it.

A donut frosted with maple pecan sauce.

Soooo, want a treat? This simple sauce has powerful autumn vibes and is delicious drizzled on anything that needs more of that. It’s like a sticky toffee sauce, only there’s no boiling involved - in fact, if you have pecan butter on-hand, you can make any treat better in literally two minutes.

While we’ve got major fall flavors here, I don’t hesitate to enjoy them year round. Many of you know that pecan butter is my jam (which it goes great with, btw). The stuff is like gold and I treat it as such, keeping a batch always on-hand and using it regularly yet sparingly. I treasure it and always have a batch on-hand. It’s rich with sweet, buttery notes, a great nut butter for topping apple slices, oatmeal, rice cakes, and chia pudding. This sauce is more drizzly - so also great for all of these foods, and sweeter - a real treat. It’s especially good added to baked goods and ice cream, especially pumpkin and apple flavored goodies. Dip and twist to cover a baked donut with it - you’ll be glad you did!

This recipe couldn’t be easier. All you need is pecan butter and maple syrup. That’s it! It’s easier to make than you might think; in fact, here’s my Easy Pecan Butter recipe that I still make on a monthly basis.

This recipe is practically not a recipe, it’s so easy. I feel it’s so important to share it with you, though, since it’s so delicious and so easy to make a batch of any size. See the recipe below to see what I mean.

Pictured on Baked Pumpkin Chai Spiced Donuts.

What's to love about this maple pecan sauce recipe

•vegan
•quick (ready in 2 minutes, or within 30 minutes if making pecan butter from scratch)
•easy
•gluten-free
•refined sugar-free
•best enjoyed during autumn and winter months, yet great all year round
•especially wonderful with breakfast, dessert, or as a snack

A jar of maple pecan sauce in from of frosted donuts.
Maple pecan sauce on a pear spice cake.
The top of a pear spice cake with maple pecan sauce drizzled on top.

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The Recipe

Maple pecan sauce on donuts.

Quick and Easy Maple Pecan Sauce recipe

vegan • easy • gluten-free • refined sugar-free • 30 minutes or less • autumn • year-round • breakfast • dessert • snack
5 from 1 vote
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Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: vegan
Key Attributes: cheese sauce, maple, pecan
Prep Time: 2 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes minutes
Total Time: 2 minutes minutes
Servings: 4
Fiber: 1.6g
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Equipment

  • small bowl

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons pecan butter
  • 4 tablespoons maple syrup

Instructions

  • In a small bowl, stir the pecan butter and maple syrup together.
  • Serve over baked goods, ice cream, apples, or other goodies.
  • Store in an airtight container in the fridge.

Notes

Note: The pecan butter takes less than a half hour to make if you don't have it on-hand.
Makes ½ cup, or see Note below.
Note: This recipe is just equal parts pecan butter and maple syrup, so make any amount you’d like using a 1:1 ratio.

Rough Nutrition Estimate provided by WPRM (based on generic ingredients and limited specification options)

Nutrition Facts
Quick and Easy Maple Pecan Sauce recipe
Amount per Serving
Calories
152.2
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
8.9
g
14
%
Saturated Fat
 
0.7
g
4
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
2.2
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
5.2
g
Sodium
 
2.9
mg
0
%
Potassium
 
164.7
mg
5
%
Carbohydrates
 
16.5
g
6
%
Fiber
 
1.6
g
7
%
Sugar
 
12.7
g
14
%
Protein
 
3.4
g
7
%
Vitamin A
 
0.2
IU
0
%
Calcium
 
77.3
mg
8
%
Iron
 
0.6
mg
3
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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