I made these last night for my dad for Christmas. I don't like pecans (notice a theme here? I don't like nuts. Heh. I said nuts.) but they have been a hit before. And they are SO easy. I got this recipe from an issue of Real Simple magazine about 5 years ago.

 - pecans (the recipe recommends 5 cups. I just use a regular-sized bag. I don't know how many cups that is. Also, as an aside, what is the DEAL with the price of pecans these days? Holy balls, I spent about 7 bucks on a stupid bag of nuts!)

 - 3/4 cup granulated white sugar (in other words, normal sugar.)

 - 2 tablespoons curry powder

 - 1 tablespoon salt

 - one egg white

Heat your oven to 250. Roast the pecans for 10 minutes. Leave the oven on. Beat the egg white with one tablespoon of water. The directions say "till fluffy" but WTF? Mine never got fluffy. So I amend the recipe to say "beat till your hand gets tired." Then dump the pecans into the egg white and stir to cover. Then pour half the sugar and curry in, stir it all up, then pour the rest in, and the salt. Stir. Spread the nuts out on the baking sheet again, and bake for one hour.