That's a Lot of Nuts!
Hi! I am not dead, just distracted. It always seems to happen around the holidays, but perhaps more so this year. All I can say is, SORRY! Anyway… You’ll have to excuse the crap-tastic photo; I forgot my good camera at my parents house a few weeks ago, and must wait until they bring it next time they visit (which is thankfully next weekend).
This tiny dish contains the last bits of the THIRD batch of candied pecans I made. I think I made at least 7lb of nuts in total this year! They made fantastic gifts and just about everybody asked for the recipe. I can’t take full credit for it because I found it on allrecipes.com, but I added a little bit of my own twist. Instead of plain old white sugar, I used organic sugar. It has a slight molassesey flavor to it that I like. I also added a splash of vanilla to the egg white mixture because vanilla is awesome. All other directions were the same.
1 egg white
1 tablespoon water
1 pound pecan halves
1 cup *organic sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
*1/2 teaspoon vanilla (I guessed on this measurement)
Directions
Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Grease one baking sheet.
In a mixing bowl, whip together the egg white, water and vanilla until frothy. In a separate bowl, mix together sugar, salt, and cinnamon. Add pecans to egg whites, stir to coat the nuts evenly. Remove the nuts, and toss them in the sugar mixture until coated. Spread the nuts out on the prepared baking sheet. Bake at 250 degrees F (120 degrees C) for 1 hour. Stir every 15 minutes.
I leave you with a photo of the “Humping Santa” as I affectionately called him. He appears to be doing something highly inappropriate to that snowman, or maybe I just have a sick mind. Hope your holidays were wonderful! See you again in the new year. :)
I totally thought that was chicken at first glance. whoops!
HA!! It does look like breaded chicken! It is indeed a horrible camera… and I was in a rush.
I thought chicken fingers too!
Mmmm… those nuts sound really good. I agree about the sugar and vanilla. I add vanilla to everything, it’s so good.
That snowman looks pretty pleased and content… HA! ;)
Good to see you’re back. And we’re looking forward to enjoying some more nuts on the 9th. See ya then.
ok I thought it was breaded chicken too LOL, that is some thick coating!!! yum!