Spiced Pecans

Here's a recipe for a quick and easy but tasty holiday treat that my mom used to make and I just recently made for the first time.  As long as you are going to the (little to no) trouble of making it, you might as well double the recipe!

Ingredients

• 3 cups pecan halves
• 1 egg white, beaten
• 1 tbsp water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp chili powder

Directions

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees
• In large bowl, combine egg whites with water
• Toss with pecans
• In separate smaller bowl, combine dry ingredients and mix very well
• Pour dry ingredients onto the pecans and stir well enough to evenly coat all pecans
• Lay aluminium foil onto a cookie sheet and spread spiced pecans evenly onto it

• Bake 30 minutes, stirring and turning pecans every 10 minutes
• Remove from oven and allow to cool
• Break up pecans from each other and enjoy!

Note: I would assume that this recipe would work with other nuts such as almonds and walnuts