Sugar and Spice Nuts

• total time: 1 hour

Ingredients

3/4 cup sugar

1 tablespoon kosher salt

1 tablespoon chile powder

2 teaspoons cinnamon

2 teaspoons cayenne pepper

1 large egg white

2 cups raw cashews (9 ounces)

2 cups raw almonds (9 ounces)

Directions

Preheat the oven to 300°F. Coat a rimmed baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray. In a small bowl, whisk the sugar with the salt, chile powder, cinnamon, and cayenne pepper. In a large bowl, beat the egg white until frothy. Add the cashews, almonds, and spiced sugar and toss. Spread out the nuts on the prepared baking sheet and bake for about 45 minutes, stirring once, until browned. Let the nuts cool on the baking sheet, stirring occasionally.

Notes

I use 4 cups mixed of any nuts (almonds, pecans, walnuts, cashews, peanuts... pistachios might be good too!)

And ~2 1/2 tablespoons of any spices that would go nicely. Besides the ones listed in the ingredients smoked paprika, ginger, nutmeg (just a little) have been tasty.

Might try subbing all or some of the granulated sugar for brown sugar...