Sweet Crunchy Nuts Recipes

HONEY ROASTED NUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Place the butter and honey in a glass baking dish. Heat in the oven until melted, about 2 minutes.
• Add the nuts and the smoked paprika. Toss to coat.
• Roast the nuts until golden, about 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.
• Remove the nuts from the pan and spread them evenly on wax paper or parchment paper. Sprinkle with the salt. Allow to cool and crisp up, about 20 minutes. Store in an airtight container, at room temperature.

SWEET, SALTY, SPICY PARTY NUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and lightly coat with cooking spray.
• Combine walnut halves, pecan halves, almonds, and cashews in a large bowl. Add salt, black pepper, cumin, and cayenne pepper; toss to coat.
• Heat sugar, water, and butter in a small saucepan over medium heat until the butter is melted. Cook for 1 minute and remove from heat. Slowly pour butter mixture over the bowl of nuts and stir to coat.
• Transfer nuts to the prepared baking sheet and spread into a single layer.
• Bake nuts in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Stir nuts until the warm syrup coats every nut. Spread into a single layer, return to the oven, and bake until nuts are sticky and roasted, about 6 minutes. Allow to cool before serving.

SWEET & SPICY ROASTED PARTY NUTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat so the maple syrup doesn't get stuck to the pan (this is important). Pour the almonds, pecans and pepitas onto the pan and set it aside.
• In a small bowl, combine the optional rosemary (or any other added seasonings), maple syrup, melted butter, salt, vanilla, and cayenne (if you using). Gently whisk until blended.
• Pour the mixture over the nuts on the prepared baking sheet. Stir well, until all of the nuts are lightly coated. Spread the mixture in a single layer across the pan (the maple syrup will pool on the bottom of the pan, but that's okay).
• Bake, stirring after the first 10 minutes and then every 5 minutes thereafter, until almost no maple syrup remains on the parchment paper and the nuts are deeply golden, 23 to 26 minutes. (The maple syrup coating will be a little sticky right out of the oven, but will harden as the pecans cool.)
• Remove the pan from the oven and stir the nuts one more time, spreading them into an even layer across the pan. Let them cool down for about 10 minutes, then, while the nuts are still warm, carefully separate any large clumps (this may or may not be necessary).
• Let the nut mixture cool completely on the pan. These will keep for up to 2 months in a sealed bag at room temperature.

SWEET AND SALTY CRUNCHY NUT BARS

Steps:

• Be still my beating heart! Or perhaps this is not the best thing to say here, given the likelihood of this lusciously over-the-top piece of chocolate excess inducing just such an outcome. I wouldn't want to make this very often, so impossible is it to walk away from with any conviction. I fear it is the kitchen equivalent to crack cocaine.
• Still, as the French say "Everything in moderation, even moderation." This is gloriously intemperate, riotously vulgar. I love it.
• The key is the blaring balance between sweet and salty: it's like several klaxons going off in your head as you eat. And it's strange that while I would normally eschew an all-milk chocolate offering, I prefer it here to the bittersweet-and-milk mixed version. Not that either is bad, and since the jury is matched on this, I feel it only right to alert you to either option. For what it's worth, I like the darker version in the round pan and cut into panforte-type skinny wedges, and my preferred milk chocolate version set in a rectangular pan and cut into chunky, squat slabs (rather as I feel and look like after eating too many of them).
• Line your springform pan with aluminum foil or use a foil pan.
• Break up or chop the chocolate into pieces, and drop into a heavy-based saucepan. Add the butter and syrup, put on a low heat, and melt gently together.
• Tip the peanuts into a bowl, and crush the honeycomb candy with your hands, letting the golden-glinting rubble fall into the nuts.
• Take the melted chocolate mixture off the heat and stir in the peanuts and crushed honeycomb candy, then tip straight into the springform pan or foil pan. Smooth the top of the mixture as much as you can, pressing down with a silicon spatula or vinyl-disposable-gloved hand. Put into the refrigerator for about 4 hours, and once set, cut into slices as desired.
• Make Ahead Note: The bars can be made 1 day ahead. Transfer slices to airtight container, layered with parchment paper, and store in refrigerator. Keeps for 3 to 4 days.

CANDIED MIXED NUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
• In a bowl, combine pecans, walnuts, and almonds. Add beaten egg whites, tossing to coat.
• In another bowl, combine Splenda Sweetener, cinnamon, and salt. Sprinkle over nuts; toss to coat. Spread mixture evenly in prepared pan.
• Bake for 30-40 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes, until nuts are toasted. Cool completely.

SWEET CRUNCHY NUTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 275 degrees.
• Have a 15-1/2 X 10-1/2 inch jelly roll pan ready.
• Beat egg whites in a large bowl with electric mixer until soft peaks form when beaters are lifted.
• Gradually add sugar, beating until whites are stiff and glossy.
• Stir in butter; add nuts and toss to coat well.
• Spread in ungreased pan.
• Bake 1 hour or until meringue is dry, stirring every 15 minutes to separate nuts.
• Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
• Store tightly covered at room temperature up to 2 months.
• (If they last that long!).

SWEET AND CRUNCHY NUTS ( SPLENDA)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees; spray a 15x10x 1-inch pan with cooking spray or line pan with release foil.
• Combine pecans, walnuts, and almonds in a mixing bowl; add beaten egg white, toss to coat.
• Combine splenda and cinnamon; sprinkle over nuts, toss to coat.
• Spread mixture evenly into prepared pan.
• Bake 30 minutes or until nuts are toasted, stirring every 10 minutes.
• Cool on waxed paper; store in airtight container, enjoy.