Selma Sweet Pecans Recipe

Recipe: Selma Sweet Pecans

January 12, 2012

This is a recipe that the DH learned from his southern great aunts Paige and Trudy from Selma, Alabama. These sweet spiced pecan halves are addictive.

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups pecan halves
1 egg white
1 Tbsp. water
1/2 cup white or brown sugar (or 1/4 cup each)
1/4 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/8 - 1/4 tsp. cayenne or black pepper
1/8 - 1/4 tsp. nutmeg or ground clove (optional)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 250 degrees F. Grease large cookie sheet with an edge.

Beat water and egg white with a whisk until fluffy. Stir in pecan halves.

Mix remaining ingredients in a separate bowl and dust over pecans while stirring.

Spoon pecan halves onto cookie sheet using a slotted spoon, spreading evenly. Bake approximately 1 hour until crunchy and fragrant. Turn at 30 minutes, again at 45 minutes, and as needed to break up. Do not overcook.