Lightly candied and oven roasted, these pecans are perfect for snacking, as a dessert topping, or savored on a fresh garden salad.

Our kitchen is always well stocked with pecans and almonds. They’re great plain, but sometimes it’s fun to gussy ’em up a bit. This easy recipe results in snack that goes as well on morning oatmeal as it does as the finishing touch on a fresh salad.

Sweet Roasted Pecans

Ingredients

• 2 egg whites
• 1/2 tbsp water
• 1/2 tbsp vanilla extract
• 2  1/2 cups pecans
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1  1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp coarse sea salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 225 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
2. Combine egg whites, water and vanilla in bowl of a stand mixer. Attach wire whip attachment.
3. Whip egg mixture until really fluffy, about 2 minutes.
4. Fold pecans into egg mixture.
5. In a separate bowl, mix sugars and cinnamon.
6. Fold in sugar mixture to pecan-egg mixture.
7. Spread nuts evenly on parchment paper.
8. Sprinkle sea salt over nuts.
9. Bake in preheated oven for 60 – 75 minutes. Stir every 15 minutes. Nuts should be toasted and fragrant.
10. Cool in pan. Stored cooled nuts in an airtight container.

Recipe adapted from allrecipes.com.