Nanny's Grape Salad

Ingredients

• 8 ounce cream cheese softened
• 1 cup pecans chopped
• 2 pounds grapes red seedless
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 0.3 cup sugar white

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• hand mixer

Directions

1. Place pecans in a skillet over medium-low heat; cook and stir until pecans are toasted and fragrant, 3 to 5 minutes.
2. Remove from heat and pour into a heatproof bowl; stir to prevent nuts from overcooking.
3. Beat sugar, cream cheese, and vanilla extract together with an electric mixer in a bowl until smooth. Fold in pecans and grapes. Stir gently until grapes are coated.