Comments on: Utterly Addictive Spicy Nuts

By: levunger

levunger — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 19:40:44 +0000

Love the blend of spices on these!

By: MS Hospitality

MS Hospitality — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:03:15 +0000

I’m back to report about cooking times on this recipe. It won’t let me add to the review.
I added 10 minutes to the baking time… instead of 15 minutes, I initially did 25 minutes and the nuts came out perfect! Great recipe!

By: MS Hospitality

MS Hospitality — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:14:52 +0000

Just put these savory nuts in the oven. I followed your recipe exactly and did not have a problem with the simple sugar and spice mixture coating the nuts as shari reported.
The timer has not gone off for the first 15 minutes, but I was thinking that they might need more time in the over.
Will get back to you on that…. but as I was getting ready to wash the bowl… oops… found one nut… DELICIOUS!

By: shari

shari — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:40:49 +0000

I gave these nuts 5 mitts because the flavor is so fantastic, but honestly I had nothing but trouble with the recipe! The small amount of simple syrup cooked to the softball stage with the spices added to it -turned into a hard crumbly mass so quickly that it couldn’t coat the nuts. I tried it again with the same results. THEN…I tried just making a simple syrup and bringing it to a boil, then mixing in the spices and coating the nuts and baking them. Well…it coated the nuts very nicely, but when I took them out of the oven after 15 minutes, they were still kind of stick, but I thought they would crisp up after they cooled. No such luck. So, after about an hour or so, I baked them AGAIN for 15 minutes, and they did crisp up, but if left at room temperature, they get sticky. If you have any suggestions, I would love to hear them.