2 cups unsalted, roasted peanuts
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 tablespoon chipotle chile powder
1 1/2 teaspoon Chinese five spice powder
1 teaspoon chili powder
salt
Directions:
Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 250. Toss all ingredients together except for the salt. Make sure the nuts are evenly coated. Arrange in a single layer on one of the baking sheet and bake 25-35 minutes, or until the peanuts look mostly dry, stirring every 5 minutes. Remove from the oven, sprinkle with salt and allow to cool on the remaining lined baking sheet.
Tip: Set the oven timer for 5 minutes, stir the nuts. I (carefully!) reached in the oven and tossed them with a spatula then set the timer again until 30 or so minutes were up.
My thoughts:
I made these for our neighbors who, by the wafting scent of their Old Bay redolent crab feasts they host each year, like things a little bit spicy. The sugar provides a nice sweet component and helps the spices stick to the nuts. This was Matt’s second favorite of the 6 kinds of nuts I made this year. I have to admit, I only had a couple (after a marathon day of nut flavoring I was in nut overload) but they were very good, just the perfect middle ground between sweet and spicy. The five spice powder was a great idea if I do say myself, it gave a complex flavor to the nuts without having to measure tiny amounts of spices.
I love the idea of giving nuts instead of cookies or other sweets. It relieves the cookie over-load during the holidays. I’m going to try these!
Hi, love your nuts 🙂
YUM. I love spicy stuff and nuts…(tee hee)…sounds like a winning combination! And a nice double-entendre gift.
sweet + spicy + nuts of any kind = perfect snack for me :0)
Are you going nuts! Two really good ways to make nuts for the holidays!
Nice.
Hope all is well.
Thanks for commenting on my cookies, too.
Missed you in Baltimore because my visit was
WAY too short/fast.
Happy Holdidays!
Mary