Sweet and Spicy Nuts

These Sweet and Spicy Nuts come with a warning…highly addictive! They are a great snack to have with drinks or part of a grazing platter, and very easy to make. Super tasty with a great balance of sweet and spicy flavours.

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Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 30

Total Time: 45

Course: Snack

Cuisine: Australian

Keyword: bar nuts, bar snack, finger food, nibbles, nuts, snack, sweet and spicy nuts

Servings:

Calories: 177kcal

Author: Katrina | Katy's Food Finds

Equipment

large bowl
oven tray

Ingredients

4.5 cups nuts, assorted I use a mix of macadamias, walnuts/pecans, cashews, almonds

Spice Mix:

2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp chilli flakes dried
3 tbsp brown sugar
2.5 tsp salt fine table salt or kosher
1/2 tsp black pepper freshly ground
4 tbsp rosemary finely chopped
1 tbsp maple syrup pure
2 tbsp butter melted
1 tbsp olive oil extra virgin
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper (can add more if you like them more spicy)

Optional Spices (recommend adding all of these!)

1/2 tsp ground ginger
pinch of ground nutmeg
pinch of ground cinnamon

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Preheat oven to 160°C. LIne an oven tray with tin foil to cover the tray and a piece of baking paper on top.
In a large bowl, add all the ingredients (except the nuts) and mix to combine. Add the nuts and stir so they all get coated well in the spice mixture.
Spread the coated nuts onto the oven tray and spread out evenly. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes.
Take the tray out of the oven, and give the nuts a stir to move them around (I bring all the nuts on the sides into the middle with a spoon and then spread them all back out again evenly).
Return the nuts to the oven and continue to cook for another 8 minutes. Remove from the oven, stir again and put them back in for a further 3-7 minutes. Keep an eye on them during this last cooking time as everyone’s oven temps are different. You only want the lighter coloured nuts like cashews to colour slightly, so you need to keep an eye on them. You might find your oven takes a little longer so just look for the colour change and take them out. Please watch them as you you don't want burnt nuts!
Stir the nuts again, and set aside to cool on the oven tray. While they are cooling, give them a stir every couple of minutes (repeat 2-3 times). This is important as it stops the nuts from clumping together.
Once cooled, break up the small few that have stuck together, with your hands, and try not to eat too many :) .
Pour nuts into sterilised jars. Nuts will keep for 3 weeks in a cool, dry place.

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