Spicy-Sweet Pecans

(from castro15’s recipe box)

Categories: Snacks

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tbsp light brown sugar
  • 2 tsp chopped fresh rosemary
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp ground red pepper
  • 1 large egg white
  • 4 cups pecan halves
  • Vegetable cooking spray
  • Wax paper

Directions

  1. eheat oven to 275. Stir together first 8 ingredients in a medium bowl.

  2. Whisk together egg white and 1 tbsp water in a separate medium bowl until foamy. Add pecans, stirring to coat.

  3. Add pecan mixture to sugar mixture, stirring until evenly coated. Spread pecans in a single layer on a lightly greased foil-lined half sheet pan.

  4. Bake at 275 for 50-55 minutes or until sugar mixture hardens and nuts are toasted, stirring every 15 minutes. Spread immediately in a single layer on wax paper; cool completely.

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