Sweet and Spicy Candied Pecans

These strike a perfect balance between sweet and spicy and are very quick and easy to do.

The instructions say to separate the nuts after they come out of the oven using a fork but I found it easier to just use my hands and the nuts were not so hot that it was hard to do.

Perfect addition to a salad or as part of a holiday buffet. These would be nice as part of the roasted butternut squash salad with apple cider vinaigrette in one of the Barefoot Contessa cookbooks.