Holiday Cheer - Sugar and Spice Pecans

A great little snack for those family gatherings and holiday parties or just for sitting on the coffee table.

Sugar and Spice Pecans

Ingredients

1 egg white

1 cup sugar

¾ tsp salt

2 tsp cinnamon

1 tbsp water

1 lb pecan halves

Directions

Beat egg white until frothy, but not stiff. Stir in sugar, salt, cinnamon and water. Add pecans and stir until all pecans are coated. Spread pecans on large cookie sheet. Bake at 200° for 45 minutes, stirring pecans every 15 minutes until dry and toasty. Be careful not to overcook and burn. Let cool and seal in airtight container.

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Holiday Cheer - Cinnamon Pan Cookies

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Cinnamon Pan Cookies


Ingredients

2 sticks butter, melted
1 cup sugar
½ tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
1 egg yolk
2 ½ cups flour
1 cup chopped nuts
1 egg yolk
Powdered sugar

Directions

Preheat oven 350°. Mix butter, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon egg yolk, flour and nuts (in order). Batter will be very dry. Pat into an 11x15-inch cookie pan. Beat egg white until foamy and spread thinly over batter. Brown in oven 25-30 minutes. Sprinkle with sugar and cut cookies while still hot.

Tomorrow's recipe: Sparkling Cranberry Punch

Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas. ~Dale Evans

Holiday Cheer - Pecan Fingers

Here's another non-chocolate recipe that looks delicious.

Pecan Fingers

Crust Ingredients

½ cup margarine or butter
¼ cup shortening
¾ cup powered sugar
1 ½ cup flour

Filling Ingredients:

1 cup light or brown sugar
2 eggs
½ tsp baking powder
1 tbls flour
½ tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped pecans

Directions

Preheat oven 350°.

Crust: Blend margarine and shortening until creamy; add powdered sugar and mix well. Add flour, mix well. Press dough evenly in bottom of ungreased 9x13-in pan, half an inch up the sides. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until light brown. Remove from oven.

Filling: In medium bowl, stir filling ingredients together very gently with fork until well mixed. Pour filling over hot crust, spread evenly. Bake 20 minutes. Cool and cut into bars.

Tomorrow's recipe: Chocolate Chip Pie (chocolate is back!)

The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others' burdens, easing other's loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas. ~W. C. Jones

Holiday Cheer - Sugar and Spice Pecans

A quick and easy, delicious addition to a party. Or you can put them in a decorative container and give them as a gift.

Sugar and Spice Pecans

Ingredients
1 egg white
1 cup sugar
¾ tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp water
1 lb pecan halves

Directions

Beat egg white until frothy, but not stiff. Stir in sugar, salt, cinnamon and water. Add pecans and stir until all pecans are coated. Spread pecans on large cookie sheet. Bake at 200° for 45 minutes, stirring pecans every 15 minutes until dry and toasty. Be careful not to overcook and burn. Let cool and seal in airtight container.