Crunchy Spiced Nuts

Name: Crunchy Spiced Nuts
Yield: Serves 20 (Makes about 5 cups)
Ingredients: 1 large, egg white; 1 tablespoon, water; 1 teaspoon, salt; 1 pound, unsalted nuts (see note); 1/2 cup, granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons, ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon, ground ginger; 1 teaspoon, ground coriander

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2010

Appetizers

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As much as we adore butter, egg whites make a better binder for gluing spice to nut.

SERVES20 (Makes about 5 cups)

TIME1 hour, plus 20 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Oil, melted butter, and other common Crunchy Spiced Nuts coatings made for greasy hands and didn’t coat the nuts evenly. We found that egg whites mixed with a little water and salt worked best. Slow-roasting the nuts at a low temperature en...

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