Sunday, December 15, 2013

Spicy Pecans

The perfect cocktail party appetizer.  

Ingredients:
20 oz of pecan halves
1 tablespoon course salt
2 tablespoons of cayenne
1 1/2 teaspoons of paprika
1/2 cup sugar 
2 large egg whites 

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Mix cayenne, sugar, paprika, and salt in a mixing bowl.  In separate bowl, mix egg whites until foamy.  Slowly add spice mixture to egg whites.  Stir in pecans. 


Spread nuts, in a single layer, on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.  Bake at 300 degrees for 15 minutes.  Reduce temperature to 250 degrees, turn cookie sheet around, and bake another ten minutes.  Once out of oven, put on a clean piece of parchment sheet to dry.  

- I used aluminum foil and the nuts got stuck, so best to use the parchment paper. 


Once dry, serve along some festive cocktails. 



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