Spiced Pecans, Candy Pecans
How to Make Spiced Pecans
Pecans can be cooked using different recipes. Different kinds of ingredients can also be added to enhance or complement the flavour of these nuts. One very delicious yet simple and easy to make sweet made from fresh pecans is the spiced pecans. This is just like sugared pecans but for this recipe, you can add different kinds of spices other than vanilla extract. Here are the procedures that you should follow to make delicious spiced pecans.
• The ingredients that you will need for this recipe are as follows: one whole egg white that is slightly beaten, three cups of pecan halves, half a cup of fine white sugar, a tablespoon of water, a half teaspoon of salt, a teaspoon of cinnamon. One half teaspoon of pounded and finely ground nutmeg, and half a teaspoon of ground cloves.
• Use a baking sheet covered with aluminium foil while oven is preheating to 350 degrees.
• Lightly beat the egg white in a mixing bowl. Add water while doing it. Add the pecans and mix them all together until the pecans are already well-coated with the egg whites.
• The remaining ingredients-sugar, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves-should be mixed together in a separate mixing bowl. Sprinkle the mixture of spices to the pecan nuts covered with egg white and then spread them on the foil-covered baking pan.
• Put inside the oven and bake for half an hour while stirring after every 10 minutes. Make sure that the nuts will not be overcooked or burned even just slightly top prevent them from becoming bitter. I love spiced pecans!