Hot and Salty Spiced Pecans

This homemade snack uses butter, cumin, cayenne pepper, salt, and Splenda® to deliver a spicy, sweet, and salty pecan treat.

• Preparation Time: 5 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Calories: 222 Calories

Ingredients

• ¼ cup butter
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 ½ teaspoons ground cumin
• 3 cups pecan halves
• 2 tablespoons granular no-calorie sucralose sweetener (such as Splenda®)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).

Step 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.

Step 3

Bake pecans in preheated oven until lightly browned, stirring occasionally, 25 to 30 minutes.