I cannot, just cannot, allow myself to have even one of these as I'm setting them out, or I know there will be none left for the party. They're best eaten still a little warm (though be careful that they're not hot or everyone will have a burnt mouth) though still very good cold and, as with the olives, make a good present, bunged into a jar and tied with a ribbon or somesuch.

Recipe courtesy of Nigella Lawson

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Total:: 35 min
Prep:: 2 min
Inactive:: 30 min
Cook:: 3 min

Yield:: 3 1/3 cups

Ingredients

1/2 stick unsalted butter
1/2 cup maple syrup
1 1/2 teaspoons table salt
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
3 1/3 cups pecan halves

Directions

Melt the butter with the syrup, salt and cayenne pepper in a pan over a gentle heat. Add the pecans and stir to mix, leave them on the heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Spread the pecans on a silicon pad, parchment paper, or piece of foil to cool. Arrange the sticky pecans in bowls to serve.

My Private Notes

Name: Maple Pepper Pecans
Prep time: P0Y0M0DT0H2M0.000S
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H3M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H35M0.000S
Yield: 3 1/3 cups
Ingredients: 1/2 stick unsalted butter; 1/2 cup maple syrup; 1 1/2 teaspoons table salt; 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 3 1/3 cups pecan halves