ORANGE-SPICED PECANS

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For a homemade snack, this recipe is so easy to make. The baked nuts have so much sweet flavor that you will have a hard time to stop eating.-Nell Hood, New Bern, North Carolina

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Snacks

Time 20m

Yield about 2 cups.

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1-2/3 cups pecan halves
1/3 cup sugar
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon salt

Steps:

Place pecans on an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 275° for 10 minutes. , After 6 minutes, in a small heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, orange juice, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Cook and stir until mixture comes to a boil. Cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from the heat. , Stir in warm pecans until evenly coated. Spread in a single layer on a foil-lined 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Cool.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 254 calories, Fat 22g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 0 cholesterol, Sodium 49mg sodium, Carbohydrate 16g carbohydrate (12g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 3g protein.