Recipe - Glazed Spiced Pecans

2 Egg whites
2 tablespoon Cold water
1 cup Large pecan pieces or halves
One half cup Sugar
One half teaspoon Each: ground cinnamon;
ground nutmeg
1 pn Ground allspice; optional

Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 45 minutes Yield: 1 cup

1. Heat oven to 250 degrees. With a mixer on high speed, beat egg whites
and water until frothy, about 2 minutes. Fold in pecans, gently mixing to
coat. Transfer to a strainer and allow excess eggwater mixture to drain
off pecans, 2 to 3 minutes.

2. Combine sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and, if desired, allspice in medium
bowl. Mix well. Add pecans to sugarspice mixture; mix to coat pecans.
Spread pecans on a nonstick baking sheet in a thin layer. Bake on lower
rack of oven until toasted and crisp, about 45 minutes. Remove from oven;
transfer to a cool baking sheet or large bowl to cool. Store in an airtight
tin.

Nutrition information per tablespoon: Calories ...... 75 Fat ............ 5
g Cholesterol .. 0 mg Sodium ...... 5 mg Carbohydrates .. 8 g Protein
....... 1 g

Posted to TNT Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by Roserairie@aol.com
on Nov 10, 1997