Spiced Pecans

A salad seems to always taste better when someone else makes it. At least, that's how it seems to me. I like salad. I like to go to salad bars, and always order salad instead of soup. But, when I'm at home, making dinner, I hate to make the salad. Then half the time at dinner, I eat the other stuff, and I don't eat the salad.

I'm telling you, it's better when someone else makes the salad.

But,... sometimes I make a killer salad. Fresh organic lettuce, red onion, and some kind of fruit. I like fruit in my salad. I don't care if it is fresh pear slices, canned mandarin oranges or dried cranberries. Just give me some kind of fruit.

AND I LOVE THESE NUTS!

These can take an ordinary salad up a couple of notches!

The ingredients!

I doubled the recipe and used this whole bag of pecans. I wanted to make sure I had plenty because they are great as a snack. In fact, Their pretty addictive. You've been warned!

(I'm munching on them right now!)

The Spices!

If you don't like paprika or cayenne pepper, then you can stop right here. These are the two staring spices. And then we sweeten them up.

Beat egg whites and slowly add sugar and spices.

Mix in the nuts.

Add melted butter




Bake for 30-40 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.

Eat them by the salad fulls!

Or share the bounty!

Wrap them up in a cellophane bag and

give them as a hostess gift or tuck them into a gift basket.

I gave these to my two *Taste Like Home* buddys.

I'm also serving them up to Ben from What's Cooking?

He is hosting a new event called *I Love Baking*

You can enter anything baked. I think this would fit the bill!


Spiced Pecans
2 egg whites
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
2 Tablespoon Paprika
1 1/2 Cayenne pepper
4 1/2 cups Pecan halves
6Tablespoon unsalted butter, melted and cooled.

Beat egg whites with salt till foamy.

Slowly add sugar and then spices.

Fold in nuts,then butter.

Bake in a single layer for 30-40 minutes at 325 degrees, stirring every 10 minutes.




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