Spicy Candied Nuts

Whether you use it for entertaining, edible gifts, or just to snack on for yourself, these Spicy Candied Nuts are totally delicious and addictive. They are naturally sweetened with natural cane sugar and flavored with cinnamon, cumin, red pepper flakes, and ginger. Ready in less than half an hour and guaranteed to impress.

Course Snack

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings cups

Calories 1018kcal

Author Aysegul Sanford

Ingredients

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon cayenne pepper optional
1 teaspoon kosher salt divided
1 cup Sucanat I used Wholesome brand
1/3 cup water
5 cups mixed unsalted and unroasted nuts cashews, almonds, pecans, hazelnuts, etc.*
1 sprig of fresh rosemary leaves torn

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 F degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Mix together all the spices and ½ teaspoon salt in a bowl. Set aside.
Place sucanat, water, and rest of the salt in a saucepan. Stirring occasionally, bring the mixture to a boil over medium-high heat. Turn down the heat to medium-low and cook until it is slightly thickened, 4-6 minutes. Off the heat, stir in the spices.
Spread the nuts in the prepared baking sheet and roast for 5 minutes. Take it out of the oven and drizzle it with the mixture. Give it a big stir to make sure that the nuts are fully coated with the sugar syrup.
Bake for 20 more minutes, stirring and flipping the nuts three times during the process. You will see that as they bake the syrup will thicken and stick to the nuts.
Take the nuts out of the oven, stir in the rosemary leaves, and let them cool on the counter.
When ready to serve, break up the nuts if there are clustered, and serve.

Notes

-If you want you can make this recipe a day in advance, and once it is completely cooled, break the nuts apart and store them in an airtight container in room temperature. When ready to serve, you can re-heat them in a low temperature oven (250 F°) for a short amount of time (less 10 minutes).
- If you have any leftovers, you can freeze them in an airtight container up to a month.

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