Swedish Nuts - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. pecan halves
1 c. sugar
dash of salt
2 egg whites, stiffly beaten
1/2 c. margarine

Preparation

Toast nuts in a low oven in a jelly roll pan for about 5 minutes.
Fold sugar and salt into egg whites, while beating and whip to a stiff meringue.
Fold nuts into meringue.
Melt margarine in jelly roll pan (15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1-inch) in 325\u00b0 oven.
Spread nut mixture over margarine, separating nuts as much as possible. Bake at 325\u00b0 for 30 minutes.
Turn nuts over with a spatula every 8 minutes.
They are ready when covering is light brown and no margarine remains in pan.