Candied Pecans

6 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 lb pecan halves
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 stiffly beaten egg whites
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 dash salt
  • 1 dash cinnamon or 1 dash nutmeg

Directions

  1. 1
    Toast pecans @ 225° for 15 minutes.
  2. 2
    Combine salt & sugar and spice into egg whites which have been stiffly beaten.
  3. 3
    Fold in pecans & coat well.
  4. 4
    Melt butter in 9 by 13 pan & spread in pecans.
  5. 5
    Mix pecans in butter until coated.
  6. 6
    Bake @ 325° for 30 minutes.
  7. 7
    Turn pecans in butter every 10 minutes until butter is gone.

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