Holiday Nuts

🥘 Ingredients

• pecans halves 1 lb
• butter 1 stick
• egg whites 2
• sugar 1 cup
• salt ½ tsp

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 250°F.
2. 2

   Put pecans halves in shallow pan , about 10 x 15" in oven for 20 minutes .
3. 3

   Remove pecans to bowl , put butter in pan and heat in oven to 300°F while you beat the egg whites stiff, then beat in sugar and salt gradually.
4. 4

   Stir nuts into meringue and spread into pan. Bake for 45 minutes at 300°F, gently turning over with a pancake turner every 15 minutes. Cool and store in covered pan.