Spicy Smoked Pecans With Bacon Salt

• 1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons hickory-flavored bacon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons crushed chipotle chile
• 1 1/2 teaspoons smoked serrano chile powder
• 2 egg whites
• 1 pound pecan halves
• Parchment paper

1. Preheat oven to 250u0b0. Stir together first 4 ingredients in a small bowl. Whisk egg whites in a large bowl until foamy. Add pecans, tossing to coat. Add spice mixture, tossing to coat.
2. Spread nut mixture in a single layer on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
3. Bake at 250u0b0 for 1 hour, stirring after 30 minutes. Let cool slightly, and break pecans apart. Cool to room temperature. Store in an airtight container up to 2 weeks.
4. We tested with J & D's hickory-flavored bacon salt and crushed chipotle chile and smoked serrano chile powder from Williams-Sonoma.

brown sugar, bacon salt, chipotle chile, chile powder, egg whites, pecan, paper

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/spicy-smoked-pecans-bacon-salt (may not work)