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Savory Roasted Pecans – V and GF

Course muffin topping, snacks
Cuisine Vegan
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 13 minutes
Total Time 18 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 cups raw pecan halves
  • 2 tbsp chopped fresh sage
  • 1 tbsp Earth Balance
  • 2 tbsp vegan brown sugar
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F.
  2. Cover large baking sheet with foil.
  3. Pour pecans on baking sheet and spread out.
  4. Bake for 5 min.
  5. While baking, add remaining ingredients to a large mixing bowl.
  6. Remove pecans from oven and carefully pour into mixing bowl.
  7. (The hot nuts will melt the butter as you mix all ingredients together.)
  8. Carefully pour coated nuts back on to baking sheet.
  9. Bake for an additional 7-8 minutes,
  10. Allow to cool directly on baking sheet.
  11. Eat right way or store in an airtight container for up to a week.

Recipe Notes

Did you know that pecans are actually a fruit? They are drupes, to be more precise, like cherries or peaches, (a fleshy part surrounding a pit). Now you don't eat the peach pit, but the you eat the pecan which is the pit part of this fruit. Say THAT five times fast. Pecans are loaded with vitamins, minerals and have cancer preventing properties. They even reduce bad (LDL) cholesterol. Now that's one fine lookin' drupe!