Spice Up Your Nuts

My good friend Linda had me over for a wonderful lunch & conversation.  She had a bowl of spiced sugared pecans on the table for after lunch and I could not leave them alone.  I love pecans so I decided to try my hand at a new recipe.  Here goes..........

Spiced Pecans

Ingredients:

• 1 egg white
• 1 teaspoon water
• 5 cups pecan halves
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Preparation:

In a mixing bowl, with an electric hand-held mixer on high speed, beat egg white and water until foamy. Stir pecans into egg white mixture until well coated. Combine sugar, cinnamon, and salt; sprinkle over pecans, stirring once again to coat thoroughly.

Spread pecans in single layer on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 225° for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Leave on baking sheet until completely cooled. Store in an airtight container.
Makes 5 cups.

The nuts turned out delicious!  They have a nice hint of spice with the hotness at the end of the bite.  Leon says we should add more cayenne pepper.  I will let you be the judge