Five-Spice Candied Pecans

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat oven to 375F.
2. 2
   Lightly oil a shallow baking pan and a 12-inch square of foil, keeping pan and foil separate.
3. 3
   In a small heavy saucepan bring water to a boil with sugar, five-spice powder, and salt.
4. 4
   Stir in pecans and simmer mixture, stirring, 1 minute.
5. 5
   Immediately pour mixture evenly into pan and with a metal spatula spread pecans in one layer.
6. 6
   Bake mixture in middle of oven 8 minutes, or until pecans turn mahogany-colored and most of liquid is evaporated.
7. 7
   Immediately transfer pecans with metal spatula to foil, keeping them in one layer, and cool completely.
8. 8
   (Pecans will continue to crisp as they cool.)
9. 9
   Break up any pecans that have stuck together.
10. 10
    (Candied pecans keep, in layers separated by wax paper, in an airtight container, frozen, 2 weeks.)