I'm not much of a baker.
I leave that to the hubster.
However, a friend and her husband came over and while the guys watched the Army/Navy game (and destroyed the charcuterie I built), we made her recipe of Spiced Pecans.
It was SO EASY, and so much fun, that the next day hubby and I made 4 more batches.
You can do this any time of the year, but I've been giving it as gifts this year, and it's a quick option for some last-minute gifting.
Let me show you.
You will need the following to make one batch:
4 Cups of Pecans, 1/2 Cups of Sugar.
1 Egg WHITE, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, 2 teaspoons of Cinnamon, 1 teaspoon of nutmeg, and 1/4 teaspoon of Ginger.
Preheat your oven to 300 degrees.
A large bowl for mixing, a medium bowl for mixing, and a cookie sheet.
Start by dropping your 1 EGG WHITE into the large bowl.
Add your 4 Cups of Pecans and stir until the pecans are thoroughly coated with the egg white.
In your medium bowl, combine all the dry ingredients: sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger.
Give it a good stir so they are all well distributed.
Dump this over your egg white coated pecans and stir.
You want to totally coat the wet pecans with the sugary/spicy mixture.
Spread them fully out on a cookie sheet.
(This cookie sheet was used multiple time so there's residue, that's fine, just keep on!)
Bake at 300 degrees in the middle of the oven for 20 minutes.
I sware, it takes longer to bake than it does to prep all the ingredients!
Once it's done, take it out and let them cool for a bit on the cookie sheet - about 15 minutes.
Once cooled, break up any chunks of pecans into "grab-size" pieces.
You can store in a large bowl until you are ready to bag, box, or eat them yourself.
Hubs and I ended up making a dozen 2 cup bags.
We gifted our neighbors, mail carrier, friends, and family with them.
And, I must say, it was fun making them together...a tradition we're going to continue next year!
I hope you have a joyous Christmas.
I'm going to take a break from posting new content until Saturday the 4th of January.
I've got an exciting "series" planned for the new year, one that I hope will inspire you.
I love all my rule breakers!
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