Vanilla pecans
4 Cups
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | cups | Pecan or walnut halves |
| ¼ | cup | Granulated sugar |
| 1 | tablespoon | Vegetable oil |
| 1 | tablespoon | Vanilla |
| 1 | teaspoon | Cinnamon |
| ½ | teaspoon | Nutmeg |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| Pinch Cayenne pepper | ||
Directions
In large pot of boiling water, blanch pecans for 1 minute; drain. Stir together sugar, oil and vanilla; toss with pecans. Spread on foil-lined rimmed baking sheet; bake in 300F oven for 20 minutes. Stir and bake for 20 minutes longer.
In small bowl, combine cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and cayenne. Sprinkle over pecans; toss to combine. Return to oven; bake for 5 minutes. Let cool on pan on rack. (Can be stored in airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week or frozen for up to 1 month.) Makes 4 cups Typed in MMFormat by cjhartlin@... Source: Canadian Living Magazine Dec.98 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by "Cindy Hartlin" <cjhartlin@...> on Nov 18, 1998