Holiday Spice Candied Nuts

Sugar and spice and everything nice... The warm fragrance and aroma of the holidays will FILL your home with this easy spice candied nuts recipe.  I love the combination of cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg - which are the same key spices for pumpkin pie.  Yes, your house will smell like pie when you bake these!  Make these NOW :).  These are perfect as a stand alone snack, and also a DELICIOUS addition to salads.  It's a tie between these nuts or my candied pecans as my favorite hostess gift lately...

Happy Thanksgiving!  Hooray the holiday season is here! :)

See also Sweet Salty and Spicy Candied Pecans



Holiday Spice Candied Nuts
Adapted from Food&Wine and All Recipes

3 cups pecans (or mixed nuts, I used a cup each of pecans, almonds, cashews)
1 egg white, beaten
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cayenne pepper

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prep a baking sheet lined with foil, lightly coated with oil or baking spray.

Whisk sugar, salt, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and cayenne together in a small bowl.

In a separate larger bowl, beat egg white until frothy, add nuts to coat.  Then pour into spiced sugar bowl to coat.  Pour onto prepared baking sheet and bake for 20 - 30 minutes, stirring midway.

Cool to room temperature before eating, about 20 min... The coating will become more crunchy as the nuts cool.

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BTW, here's some other fall recipes that I recommend.  Picture proof that I made them above ;), but no time to blog them all...
Chocolate Chunk Pumpkin Seed Cookies
Pumpkin Madeleines
Orange Blossom Candied Cranberries


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Lately, getting my craft on... I've been inspired by Pinterest.  I made this wreath for under $10 using a foam wreath form, yarn, multi-colored felt (4 for $1!), and a little old school needle and thread.  Maybe I'll post more project like this in the future... :)

Happy Thanksgiving!