Arizona Pecan Nuggets

Bake these cookies on a dry day. Humidity makes them very sticky.

Ingredients

• 4 1/2 cups pecans, finely chopped
• 1 3/4 cups brown sugar, loosely scooped, not packed
• 1 cup finely grated coconut
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 4 large egg whites
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In large bowl, mix pecans, brown sugar, coconut and salt. Add honey, egg whites and vanilla extract; blend by hand or with a rubber spatula just until ingredients hold together.
3. On a baking sheet lined with parchment baking paper or foil, drop batter by rounded tablespoons 1 inch apart. Bake about 12 minutes or until light golden brown. Do not over-bake.
4. Cool completely on lined cookie sheet. If cookies stick, peel paper or foil from cookies.
5. To store, layer cookies between fresh parchment paper in airtight container.

Yield: 4 dozen nuggets