Sweet and Spicy Texas Pecans

ratherbeswimmin''s Note:

I keep these around for my husband to snack on. He loves pecans. Recipe is from Southern Living.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 2.5 cups

• 1/2 lb chopped pecans or 1/2 lb pecan halves
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Directions:

1. Mix the pecans and melted butter in a foil-lined jellyroll pan.
2. Put in a 350 degree oven and bake for 5 minutes.
3. Mix together the sugar and pepper; sprinkle half the sugar mixture over the pecans and bake for 5 more minutes, stirring once.
4. Take pan out of oven and sprinkle remaining sugar mixture over pecans; toss to coat.

Reviews

[carolinajewel]

Easy, quick, sweet, spicy and delicious - what's not to like? I did kick up the heat because I like spicy snacks. I used 3/4 teaspoon cayenne. And I lined my jelly roll pan with parchment which not only made clean up easy, but made it easy to roll the pecans around to coat them.

[- Carla -]

Husband loved them, but requested that next time I make them a bit hotter - will do! Thank you for posing.

[riffraff]

These are very good. My first instinct was to make them HOTTER! but these are not for me they are for others so I left thwem as is, perfect. Slight heat at the very end of the bite.