Hot and Salty Spiced Pecans

Hot and salty snack.

Original recipe makes 3 cups

Ingredients

1/4 cup butter
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
3 cups pecan halves
2 tablespoons granular no-calorie sucralose sweetener (such as Splenda®)
1 teaspoon salt

  • PREP

    5 mins

  • COOK

    30 mins

  • READY IN

    35 mins

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.

Nutrition

Calories: 222 kcal
Carbohydrates: 4.1 g
Cholesterol: 10 mg
Fat: 23.3 g
Fiber: 2.6 g
Protein: 2.6 g
Sodium: 221 mg