An easy recipe for Sweet and Spicy Pecans (crack pecans) or you can make spiced walnuts. These spicy pecans are a little bit naughty (spicy) and a little bit nice (sweet) that your family will enjoy this Christmas
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Sweet and Spicy Pecans
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 2/3 sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper may use less
- 1 egg white
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 pound pecan halves or walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees
- Mix brown sugar, white sugar, salt, cayenne, pepper, and cinnamon in a medium bowl until there are no lumps and everything is well blended
- In a separate medium bowl, whip egg white and water until frothy but not stiff
- Add pecans (or walnuts) to egg white mixture and stir to coat evenly
- Sprinkle the pecans (or walnuts) with the sugar mixture, and toss until evenly coated
- Spread the nuts on a single layer on a cookie sheet covered with a silicone baking mat.
- Bake for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally
- Remove from oven and stir gently to separate the nuts as they cool
Nutrition
Oh, Evelyn, I love sweet and spicy pecans- thank you! Merry Christmas to you and your family! ♥
I tried them for the first time this year and they were good!!
These look soooo good!
Love pecans! Spicy or otherwise. I will definitely give these a try!
spiced nuts. yum! love pecans! thank you for the recipe.
Yummy!! I should make some of these for gifts this year!