PALEO TOASTED MAPLE PECANS

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These pecans are a delicious healthy treat that is quick and easy to make. It can be served with lamb, over a spinach salad, on tasty muffins or as a snack while reading or watching a show. Kids love these as a snack!

Provided by Tina Turbin

Categories Appetizers and Snacks Nuts and Seeds

Time 16m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 4

Ingredients

¾ cup pecan halves
1 teaspoon butter
3 tablespoons pure maple syrup, or more to taste
2 pinches salt

Steps:

Heat a skillet over medium heat; add pecans and lower heat to medium-low. Cook, stirring constantly, until pecans are lightly crisp and turn a darker brown, about 5 minutes. Remove skillet from stove and slightly cool pecans.
Mix butter into warm pecans and toss to coat. Turn heat to medium; add maple syrup and stir pecans with a heat-proof or wooden spoon until syrup begins to bubble, 1 to 2 minutes. Turn heat down to low and continue stirring pecans until syrup begins to caramelize onto the pecans, about 5 minutes more. Remove skillet from heat, sprinkle salt over pecans, and stir.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 202.3 calories, Carbohydrate 13.2 g, Cholesterol 2.7 mg, Fat 17.1 g, Fiber 2.1 g, Protein 2.1 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, Sodium 86.1 mg, Sugar 9.8 g