Paleo Candied Hot Roasted Pecan Bits recipe

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Ingredients

2 cups pecan halves
2 tablespoons bacon drippings
1 teaspoon coconut palm sugar
½ teaspoon sea salt
⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper

Nutrition Info

207.9 calories
carbohydrate: 4.7 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 21.4 g
fiber: 2.9 g
protein: 2.7 g
saturatedFat: 1.8 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 110.2 mg
sugar: 1.7 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 225 degrees F (110 degrees C).

  2. Put pecans in a resealable bag and pound into small pieces.

  3. Mix bacon drippings, palm sugar, sea salt, and cayenne pepper together in a bowl. Add pecans to the bowl and stir to coat using a spatula. Spread coated pecan pieces onto a rimmed baking sheet.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven, stirring every 15 minutes, until pecans are toasted and fragrant, about 1 hour. Cool to room temperature and stir in an air-tight container.

Recipe Yield

2 cups

Recipe Note

This is something I made up one day when I had extra bacon fat and pecans in the kitchen. They keep for up to a week but didn't last the day in my house! Adjust salt and cayenne to taste. Serve on top of a chopped salad.

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