Maple Honey Roasted Almonds and Cashews

If you've ever walked past one of those holiday nut shops that's making the cinnamon roasted almonds, you know the irresistible smells that it can create.  This recipe for honey roasted almonds and cashews can come pretty close.  Full credit for the original recipe goes to Simply Scratch and the tasty Honey Roasted Cashews.  I've simply added in almonds and bumped up the holiday flavors

The great thing is that this recipe is super simple and super quick.  End-to-end, it's about 30 minutes total.  I used raw, un-roasted and un-salted nuts in this recipe.  My sense is that already roasted nuts won't be as tasty, but let me know if you find otherwise.

Almonds and Cashews Before Roasting

Almonds and Cashews After Roasting

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Maple Honey Roasted Almonds and Cashews

Published by Tony Bailey on December 8, 2012

Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes Total time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 pound Almonds
• 1 pound Cashews
• 2 tablespoons Honey
• 2 tablespoons Maple Syrup
• 2 tablespoons Butter
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon

Instructions

1. Preheat to 350 degrees
2. Place the Almonds and Cashews in a large mixing bowl
3. Melt the Butter, Syrup and Honey in the microwave for 30-45 seconds
4. Stir in the Vanilla, Nutmeg and Cinnamon
5. Toss the Maple Honey Syrup with the nuts and spread the onto a half sheet pan lined with heavy duty aluminium foil
6. Roast in the oven for 6-8 minutes and then stir them around on the sheet
7. Roast for another 6-8 minutes until they've developed a nice color and great smell
8. Sprinkle kosher salt over the nuts immediately after they come out of the oven. They'll be gooey while they are still warm and be much less sticky once cooled

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