Lunch: Spicy-Sweet Pecans Recipe | MyRecipes

Recipe by Pam Lolley The egg white helps the spice mixture adhere evenly and gives the pecans a crisp, glossy coating.

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Cinnamon

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Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060).

Ingredients

3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon light brown sugar
2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
1 large egg white
4 cups pecan halves
Vegetable cooking spray
Wax paper

Instructions

Preheat oven to 275 °. Stir together first 8 ingredients in a medium bowl.
Whisk together egg white and 1 Tbsp. water in a separate medium bowl until foamy. (No liquid should remain.) Add pecans, stirring to coat.
Add pecan mixture to sugar mixture, stirring until evenly coated. Spread pecans in a single layer on a lightly greased (with cooking spray) aluminum foil-lined half-sheet pan (about 17 x 12 inches).
Bake at 275 ° for 50 to 55 minutes or until sugar mixture hardens and nuts are toasted, stirring every 15 minutes. Spread immediately in a single layer on wax paper; cool completely (about 30 minutes). Store in an airtight container up to 7 days.

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