Swedish Nuts

Ingredients:

• 3 1/2 cups nuts (pecans, filberts, hazel nuts, almonds, english walnuts, cashews)
• 1 cup white sugar
• dash salt
• 2 egg whites, beaten stiff
• 1/2 cup butter

Instructions:

Heat the nuts in a slow oven at 325° until light brown. Beat the egg whites until stiff, then fold in the sugar and salt. Fold the nuts into the meringue. Melt the butter in a 15x10-inch pan, then spread nut mixture over th ebutter. Bake in slow oven about 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes or until nuts are coated with a brown covering and no butter remains in the pan.