...fattening no doubt, but isn’t that part of what makes a recipe GREAT?!

This comes courtesy of my daughter. At this time of year, nuts abound (and in other places, like my workplace or home, nuts abound YEAR-ROUND). We have 2 pecan trees in our yard, and oddly enough, we have to actually BUY our pecans, as we have as many squirrels as nuts, and it seems the squirrels are quicker at gathering than we are.

Here’s the recipe:

Spread out an assortment of nuts in an aluminum pie pan (pecans are our favorites). Cover with LOTS of butter and bake in the oven until sizzling and only slightly browned. Remove from oven and while still hot and sizzling, stir nuts round in the butter, then sprinkle to taste with powdered sugar, brown sugar, honey, or an artificial sweetener like Splenda. It is DEEEEEELICIOUS!!!!!

Once the pan of scrumptious nuts is polished off, go for a walk/run in the brisk fall air. How far and for how long you should walk/run depends upon how many butter-soaked, sugar-coated nuts you’ve just consumed. I’m not sure you’ll burn enough calories to actually make proper amends for the nut-fest, but it’ll at least ease the conscience to some degree.