Description
My ex-mother-in-law lives in the South and has lots of pecan trees. She sends me bags of shelled pecans every year for Christmas. I found out how they make the roasted pecans at the fair. Even though they use big roasters, these turn out just as great.
Ingredients
- 1 egg white
- 1 tablespoon water
- 2 ¼ cups pecan halves
- ½ cup white sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 225 degrees F (105 degrees C). Lightly grease a rimmed baking pan.
- Combine egg white and water in a mixing bowl; beat until fluffy. Fold in pecans to coat evenly.
- Combine sugar
- cinnamon
- and salt in a shaker or cup with a lid. Dust pecans evenly with sugar mixture
- then spread onto the prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven
- stirring every 15 minutes
- until toasted and fragrant
- about 1 hour. Cool pecans on the pan
- then store in an airtight container.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Servings: 8