I come from a long line of sweets eaters. When my neighbor, Carol Richter, brought over some of these pecans, I dived in. They are different from other sugared nuts, and very addictive. Along with the nuts she brought some Chocolate Pixies Cookies and some Raspberry Lemon Thumbprint Cookies. Try them all!

Cinnamon Sugared Pecans

Yield: about 1/2 pound

Ingredients

2 egg whites
1 tsp salt
2 c sugar
4 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp ground gloves
1/4 tsp allspice
1/2 lb pecans

Preheat oven to 300°

1. Beat egg whites lightly with salt.
2. Sift together sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves and allspice and mix well.
3. Add pecans to egg whites and coat completely.
4. Transfer pecans (from which excess egg whites have dripped off) to cinnamon sugar mixture.
5. Coat pecans completely and place on parchment lined baking sheet, leaving space between nuts.

Bake at 300° for 25 to 30 minutes, until sugar coating on nuts is crisp.

Cool and serve or store in an airtight container.