Spiced Nuts for the Holidays

By cindygwest

Ingredients

• Mix together in a soup or cereal bowl:
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1/8 t. salt
• 1 t. nutmeg
• 1 t. cinnamon
• 1/2 t. allspice
• 1/2 t. ginger
• In another bowl, combine and beat with a fork until well mixed:
• 1 egg white
• 2 T. cold water
• Now, one at a time, dip:
• 1 cup of whole nuts (pecans are best) first into the egg-water mixture and then into spiced sugar. Be sure to cover them well.
• Lay the nuts on a cookie sheet. Make sure they do not touch one another. Bake them at 250 degrees for 1 1/2 hours. Cool them on paper towels. When they are cool, they will be crisp and spicy.

Preparation

Step 1

Note: as you remove the nuts from the cookie sheet, some of the spiced sugar will fall off.