Friday, November 28, 2008

cajun spiced nuts


made a great spiced nuts recipe from my brother-in-law's family. jane lee gave me the recipe. fanstastic stuff. loved by all.

ingredients
  • 2 TBSP unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup corn syrup (we did fake maple syrup, you can likely experiment)
  • 2 TBSP water
  • 1.5 tsp salt
  • 0.5 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp tobasco sauce
  • 3/4 tsp ground pepper
  • 1 pound almonds (or mix of other nuts)
(NOTE: double the spices if you want realllly spicy nuts. we did 1.5 times, and found it not spicy enough, but others loved it. gauge your audience)

instructions
  • preheat oven to 250
  • melt butter
  • mix all ingredients in butter pot, simmer and let boil for 1 to 2 minutes
  • stir in nuts, coating well
  • cover baking sheet with tin foil, line with slight amount of oil or pam or whatever non-stick you use
  • bake for 1 hour at 250, stirring nuts every 15 minutes to get them well coated
  • let cool and break nuts off sheet
The nuts keep for 6 weeks. Beyond that, you can freeze them to keep for a long time.

enjoy!

so, we actually doubled this recipe and made 1.5 pounds of almonds and about half a pound of pecans. realllly good!

1 comment:

bea said...

hey omar, how long are the nuts good for?

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