Hot
Maple Pecans
So, you made the Sweet Hot
Mustard, but you have more friends coming over, or although you have your close
friends covered, you have a few more semi-friends and a few tolerable
colleagues on your “maybe I should give them a gift” list. Well, once again, as both my faithful readers
have learned, I am here to help. Think
the Sweet Hot Mustard was easy to make?
Well, check out Hot Maple Pecans!
You may be asking yourself,
where the hell does your kitchen counselor come up with all these indescribably
delicious recipes. I’ll tell you if you promise not to divulge my culinary
secrets.
Some I make up. Some come from a collection of family
favorites. Many come from friends who
are much more skilled in the kitchen than I. Some catch my eye on the net and
serve as a basis, from which I always diverge.
But, one thing I can
promise. I have made these recipes in my
own kitchen before I ever put them in my blog.
I do this because I love my devoted followers, both of them. Ok, maybe love is too strong a word. I severely and reverently like both my
devoted readers and am fond of the rest of you.
Enough saccharine
sentimentality and on to a sweet little treat that you can add to your
repertoire and give as special gifts to close friends, as well as those you
tolerate.
Hot
Maple Pecans
1 lb pecan halves
3 T butter - melted
1/4 Cup maple syrup
1 T brown sugar
3/4 t salt
1/2 t ground red pepper
Plus butter for greasing your rimmed
baking pan.
Preheat oven to 375ºF (190ºC) and to prevent sticking, either
butter your baking pan, or line with parchment paper.
Mix the butter, maple syrup, brown sugar, salt and red pepper
until well blended. Heat on low only until the sugar is dissolved. Remove
from heat. Toss in the pecans and stir briefly until well coated. Spread
in a single layer on the baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes, stirring one
or twice. Allow to cool.
You can sub cinnamon for the red pepper, but I never would. If the bastards can’t handle a little bit of
spice, meal’s over!
So there it is, another quick fix to the quivering fear that you
may not have a gift for those you barely like.
See how important it is to subscribe to my blog? Think of the problems I’ve already solved for
you! And as you sprint to the four
corners of the earth this holiday season, Merry Christmas everyone! Especially you, Tiny Tits Tim!
these sound so good! I will have to make them.
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