Spiced Nuts
adapted from Martha Stewart, The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook
Ingredients:
1 large egg white
1/4 c. light brown sugar
1 tsp. kosher salt
1 tsp. chili powder
1/4 tsp. ground allspice
3/4 tsp. ground cumin
1 3/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
2 1/2 c. assorted nuts (pecan halves, walnuts, cashews, or almonds)
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
2. Beat the egg white until soft and foamy and no clear liquid remains in bottom of bowl.
3. In a large bowl, combine all remaining ingredients except nuts. Whisk into egg white. Stir in nuts until well coated.
4. Spread the nuts, in a single layer, on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes.
5. Remove nuts from oven. Reduce temperature to 250 degrees. Using a metal spatula, toss stir and separate the nuts.
6. Return nuts to oven and bake until medium brown, about ten minutes more.
7. Remove nuts from oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool. Be sure to break up any nuts that are stuck together.
