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Creamed Cinnamon Honey Roasted Pecans

My team at work for Christmas gifted me a lovely bag of North Carolina Local Gems.

I couldn’t wait to open the Creamed Cinnamon Honey! I made some Carmellized Banana Pecan French Toast with it this morning to coincide.

This is a tasty way to utilize local ingredients for a delicious snack or gift. The finished product reminded my husband ,and I of a fancier version of Cracker Jack’s since that is the texture they portrayed.

Ingredients:

1 pound of raw pecan halfs

1/4 cup creamed Honey with cinnamon

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place raw pecans on the baking pan. Place the pecans on the sheet in the preheated oven on the center rack. Bake for 6-8 minutes.

2. In the meantime place a two quart sauce pan on low medium heat and melt the creamed honey. Once the timer has elsapsed on the pecans place the pecans in the sauce pan with the honey. Allow the pecans and honey to merry. Use mini spatula to incorporate the honey throughout. Allow the ingredients to heat for 6 minutes on low.

3. Pour the pecans on wax paper and allow them to cool. The pecans will remain tacky. Allow for them to cool on the wax for about 1 hour then place in ziplock sealable container. That is if they make it past the cooling part! 😉

Pumpkin Pecan French Toast

We had a sleepover last night with my nephew, sister-in-law & her boyfriend. I wanted to make a fall breakfast and this cannot be anymore fallish with puréed pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice!

The original recipe called for 8 eggs and I swapped out those for liquid egg whites to cut some of the fat.

This recipe yields 12 servings

Prep time: 15 minutes

Cook time: 30-35 minutes

Ingredients:

1 pound of whole wheat bread (dried)

1 1/2 cups of liquid egg whites

1 Tablesppon of pumpkin pie spice

2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

2 cups of pumpkin purée

1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon of pure maple syrup

Topping:

2 tablespoon of raw sugar

1 tablespoon whole wheat pastry flour

1 tablespoon unsalted butter

1/4 cup chopped finely pecans

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Cooking spray 9 by 13 baking dish & set aside.

3. Cube up bread into 1 inch pieces & scatter in greased 9 by 13 pan. Set aside.

4. In a large bowl whisk egg whites,vanilla,spice, pumpkin purée, and maple syrup. Pour over bread and mix to coat well. Set aside.

5. In a small bowl mix butter, sugar, pecans,and flour. Sprinkle evenly over bread.

6. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on wire rack until ready to serve.

7. If your guests would like they can always add Extra Maple Syrup.

Enjoy!

Nutrition Label:

Apple Butter & Pecan Wheat Muffins

I love trying to repurpose foods. Since I made so much apple butter in the fall, when I came across this recipe, I had to try it, of course I had to tweak a few things to add some extra fiber and decrease the saturated fat. These muffins are very moist and no one will miss the unwanted fat!

Ingredients:

1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
3/4 cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 kosher salt
2 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp allspice
1/8 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 cup apple butter
1/4 cup canola oil
1/4 cup egg substitute
3/4 cup skim milk

Topping
1/2 cup of chopped candied pecans

Directions preheat the oven to 450 degrees and line muffin tin with either silicone or paper liners and spray with cooking spray. Set a side.

Place first nine ingredients in a large bowl and whisk to incorporate