Ingredients

• 1/3 cup sugar
• ¼ cup butter or margarine
• ¼ cup orange juice
• 1 ¼ teaspoons salt
• 1 ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
• ¼ to ½ tsp ground red pepper
• ¼ teaspoon mace
• 1 lb pecans

Preparation

Stir together first 7 ingredients in a heavy skillet over medium heat, stirring until butter melts and sugar dissolves. Remove skillet from heat; add nuts and toss to coat.

Place pecans mixture in a single layer in an aluminum foil-lined 15 x 10 –inch jellyroll pan.

Bake at 250 for 1 hour, stiring every 15 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack, separating pecans with a fork. Store in air tight container.