Candied Pecans

 

Ingredients

¼ pound pecan halves
1 egg white, whipped
¾ cup white sugar
½ teaspoon cinnamon
Pinch of nutmeg


Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 325ºF.
2. Whip sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg
into egg white.
3. Mix pecan halves with egg white mixture
until uniformly coated. Arrange nuts in a
single layer on sheets pans.
4. Bake nuts for 5 minutes. Remove and stir.
Place back in oven for an additional 5
minutes, until egg whites are cooked.
5. Remove from oven, cool and serve.

This sweet, crunchy treat is given to prospective
residents as a take-home snack, and is the chef’s
own recipe. Pecans are a known staple in the
South, so this is a particularly popular snack
at Webb Gin.
Nutrition Fact
Pecans are an excellent source of
monounsaturated fatty acids, which help
lower LDL (“bad cholesterol”) and increase
HDL (“good cholesterol”). They are also a rich
source of vitamin E, a powerful antioxidant