Sweet and Spicy Texas Pecans

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

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

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 4
• Yields: cups

ingredients

• 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 C.]

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.