Sugar And Spice Candied Nuts

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup dark brown sugar
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt (1 1/2 for a saltier sweet or salty balance)
• generous pinch cayenne pepper (or 1/4 tsp hot smoked paprika)
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 lb walnut halves or 1 lb pecan halves or 1 lb whole peeled hazelnuts
• 1 egg , at room temperature
• 1 tablespoon water

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300f.
• 2 mix sugars, salt, cayenne/paprika, and cinnamon, making sure that there are no lumps. set aside.
• 3 beat egg and water until frothy but not stiff.
• 4 add nuts to egg mixture and stir to coat evenly.
• 5 sprinkle nuts with sugar mixture and toss until evenly coated.
• 6 spread sugared nuts in a single layer on a parchment-lined cookie sheet.
• 7 bake for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• 8 remove from oven and separate nuts as they cool.
• 9 when completely cool, pour the nuts into a bowl, breaking up any that stick together.