One of December's recipes for French Fridays with Dorie are sweet and spicy cocktail nuts. I really shouldn't make spicy nuts. It is so difficult for me to stay away from them. How many could you eat?
It is a simple recipe. Mix up some sugar, salt, chili powder, cinnamon and cayenne. Moisten some nuts with egg whites and then coat with the spice mixture. Put them a cookie sheet, and bake until dry.
I like spicy nuts. I have a recipe that I like a little more that uses fresh cracked pepper in place of the chili powder. Maybe this Christmas I should try different spicy nut recipes and give them away as gifts. And out of each recipe, I will only eat three. Or not.
I used pecans, too. Yours turned out well! I like the idea of using several recipes for gifts, too.
ReplyDeleteI used 2 cups of mixed nuts for this recipe and I think it was quite equally shared between my husband and I!
ReplyDeleteI'm excited to try these and bring them to the office. I bought cayenne for the first time ever just for this recipe.
ReplyDeleteI am troubled by the same problems: I know that I will be making numerous trips to the kitchen to nibble on one or two, until they are gone. But I have to make them:)
ReplyDeleteI see that you were one of the patient ones who separated the nuts. I do not know if I'll follow the advice:)
Lana
I think it was worth the effort to separate on the baking sheet, don't you? I'm on my third batch. Sigh.
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Good luck with that three thing! Good for you having the patience to separate them. I made a double batch and it was too many nuts for me to separate without losing my sanity! But they turned out great anyway.
ReplyDeleteI think separating made them a little nicer for gifts but I imagine that they all take the same:)
ReplyDeleteI am getting in a nutty mood with all the wonderful nut posts this week. I'll be making these this week...but I'll need to make sure I have helpers to eat them or I might find myself eating them all...they look great.
ReplyDeleteI'm tempted to join this cooking community but I promised not to buy another cookbook until next year.:)
ReplyDeleteI can eat a cup of these nuts in one sitting; they look and sound delicious!
Oh, you're good to eat only three. I had to hide mine till I have some company. Using pecans is a great idea - less fiddliness with the little nuts that were in my mix.
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