Spiced Nuts

The perfect spicy snack – cayenne pepper gives these slightly sweet pecans a kick. You may want to make a double batch because they disappear quick.


Prep Time: 15 mins.
Cook Time: 25 mins.

Ingredients:

1 large egg white
¼ cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon chili powder
¼ teaspoon ground allspice
½ teaspoon ground cumin
¾ teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 ½ cups pecan halves or assorted nuts

Instructions

1.  Heat oven to 300°F.

2.  Beat egg white until soft and foamy.  When the egg white has been properly beaten, no clear liquid will remain on the bottom of the bowl.

3.  Combine all remaining ingredients except pecans; whisk into egg white.

4.  Stir in pecans until well coated; spread mixture in a single layer onto an ungreased baking pan.

5.  Bake pecans for 15 minutes, then remove them from oven.  Using a metal spatula, toss, stir and separate nuts.

6.  Reduce oven to 250°F, and return nuts to bake until medium brown, about 10 minutes.

7.  Remove from oven, toss and stir again.  Place baking pan on wire rack to cool (nuts will crisp as they cool).

8.  Break up any that stick together; store in a container at room temperature for up to two weeks.