Name: Red Pepper Pecans
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: ¼ cup granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper; ¼ teaspoon ground red pepper; 1 cup pecans or walnut halves

Red Pepper Pecans

Red pepper and sugar coated pecans give just the right combination of sweet and spicey to make one of the all-time greatest noshes.

Red Pepper Pecans

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 5

Total Time 10

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Ingredients

¼ cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
¼ teaspoon ground red pepper
1 cup pecans or walnut halves

Instructions

In a small bowl, combine sugar, salt, and black and red peppers.
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat, add pecans. Cook and stir until hot, about 1 minute.
Reduce heat to medium; sprinkle pecans with half of the reserved sugar and pepper mixture. Cook and stir until sugar melts, about 30 seconds.
Add remaining sugar and pepper mixture; cook and stir until sugar melts and coats nuts, about 40 seconds.
Place nuts on baking sheet; cool slightly and separate.
Store in a tightly covered container. This recipe can be double, even tripled.