Spiced Pecans

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 4 cups pecan halves (about 1 lb.)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 whisk egg in a large bowl until foamy.
• 2 add pecans, and stir until evenly coated with egg .
• 3 stir together sugar and next 4 ingredients until blended; sprinkle sugar mixture evenly over pecans; stir gently until pecans are evenly coated.
• 4 spread pecans in a single layer in a lightly greased aluminum foil-lined 15- x 10-inch jelly-roll pan.
• 5 bake at 350° for 18 to 20 minutes or until pecans are toasted and dry, stirring once after 10 minutes.
• 6 remove from oven, and let cool 30 minutes or until completely cool.
• 7 note: store pecans in a zip-top plastic freezer bag at room temperature up to 3 days, or freeze up to 3 weeks.