Hot and Salty Spiced Pecans
Description
This homemade snack uses butter, cumin, cayenne pepper, salt, and Splenda® to deliver a spicy, sweet, and salty pecan treat.
Ingredients
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1/4 cup butter
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1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
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1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
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3 cups pecan halves
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2 tablespoons granular no-calorie sucralose sweetener (such as Splenda®)
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1 teaspoon salt
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
2
Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Stir cumin and cayenne pepper into the butter until dissolved, about 1 minute. Remove skillet from heat and immediately stir pecans, sucralose sweetener, and salt into the butter mixture to coat the nuts completely. Spread coated nuts onto a baking sheet.
3
Bake pecans in preheated oven until lightly browned, stirring occasionally, 25 to 30 minutes.