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Everyone loves snack mixes during the holidays!Easy finger food appetizersand party nuts are always popular at party time. Here is my collection of 7 Holiday Spiced Nuts recipes to spice up your holiday entertaining.Sweet, salty, and savoury, there is a recipe here that's just right for you!
Make your own spiced nuts!
Serve party nuts to your friends as a co*cktail snack, or as a finger food appetizer. Give them as gifts, wrapped in small boxes, bags or jars. These spiced nuts recipes make irresistibly sweet or savoury party snacks. Best of all, they can be made well in advance of your get-together.
If you make them ahead of time, you'll always have a snack mix ready for unexpected company. They're quick and easy to make at the last minute, too. These can be ready to eat in 20 minutes or less!
Spiced nuts make healthy salad toppers, too. For example, Caramel Spiced Pecans are delicious on this popular Butternut Squash Salad with Cranberries and Feta. Or try Pumpkin Spice Pecans on Fennel Apple Chicken Salad or Quinoa Salad with Cranberries and Pears.
Spiced nuts have so many uses
Make a batch or two for
finger food appetizers
co*cktail snacks
hostess, teacher or neighbour gifts
salad toppers
healthier snacks for the holidays
❓Frequently Asked Questions about Spiced Nuts
How long will spiced nuts or party nuts stay fresh?
You can make them at least two weeks in advance if you store them in an airtight container.
Can you freeze spiced nuts?
Yes, spiced nuts freeze well. You can store them in freezer-safe containers for up to 3 months or so.
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Spiced nuts have so many uses
❓Frequently Asked Questions about Spiced Nuts
Espresso Glazed Holiday Nut Mix
Sweet and Spicy Pretzel Nut Snack Mix
Gingerbread Spiced Nuts
Low-Carb Roasted Pumpkin Spice Pecans
20-Minute Caramel Spiced Pecans
Spanish Spiced Almonds (Almendras Fritas)
Sweet and Spicy Rosemary Nuts-my favourite!
Espresso Glazed Holiday Nut Mix
Espresso Glazed Holiday Nut Mix
Make this easy 4-ingredient Espresso Glazed Holiday Nut Mix as gifts for friends and family. These party nuts are a popular snack at holiday parties or game day get-togethers.
This Sweet and Spicy Pretzel and Nut Snack Mix is a popular co*cktail mix to make and have on hand for holiday snacking! Combine nuts, brown sugar, cinnamon, cayenne, maple syrup and flaky sea salt with pretzels. Addictive!
Sweet and Spicy Pretzel and Nut Snack Mix
Gingerbread Spiced Nuts
Sweet and Spicy Gingerbread Spiced Nuts
Mixed party nuts, spiced with gingerbread spice, coconut sugar, paprika and pepper. Sweet and spicy! These gingerbread spiced nuts make a great party snack or hostess gift.
Warm fall spices make these low-carb roasted Pumpkin Spice Pecans a sugar-free treat! Serve these party nuts as a low-carb snack, as a topping for yogurt and berries, or add to a salad.
Low-Carb Roasted Pumpkin Spice Pecans
20-Minute Caramel Spiced Pecans
20 minute Caramel Spiced Pecans
This recipe for caramel spiced pecans makes sweet and salty crunchy pecans with a chilli powder kick! Here's a quick recipe for a holiday treat,for gift-giving or to use as a salad topper. Ready in about 20 minutes.
20 minute Caramel Spiced Pecans
Spanish Spiced Almonds (Almendras Fritas)
Spanish Spiced Almonds (Almendras Fritas)
A small bowl of these salty, smoky Spanish Spiced Almonds tapas, known as Almendras Fritas in Spain, makes a great shared starter or a happy hour snack. Serve these spiced nuts at a tapas party! Delightfully addictive!
Spanish Spiced Almonds (Almendras Fritas)
Sweet and Spicy Rosemary Nuts-my favourite!
Sweet and Spicy Rosemary Nuts
Make a batch of this holiday nut mix for a quick and easy party snack. Add seasoned honey, drizzle over mixed nuts and bake in the oven. Ready in less than half an hour.
Sweet and Spicy Rosemary Nuts
It's hard to choose just one of these co*cktail party snacks! Enjoy these holiday spiced nuts recipes with your family and friends.
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You may think it's a nutty idea, but the best place to keep nuts is in the freezer! Nuts contain a lot of oil and can become rancid if stored in the pantry. Instead, place them in separate airtight containers or sealable plastic bags, then label, date and freeze for up to six months.
For special occasions like showers or birthday parties, you can serve nuts in tiny mason jars. Not only does this alleviate contamination concerns, but it also makes for easier snacking. Feel free to customize the jars with the date of the celebration and a ribbon.
Soaking your nuts beforehand will lead to better absorption of the spices and result in a crunchier, easier to chew texture. You may be tempted to turn the heat up, but don't! If you roast them at too high a temperature you'll have a dark outside and a raw inside, leading to an inconsistent flavor.
Price Foundation) explains that using salt to soak nuts “… helps activate enzymes that de-activate the enzyme inhibitors. For grains, we soak in an acidic solution to get rid of phytic acid. Nuts do not contain much phytic acid but do contain high levels of enzyme inhibitors.
Q: Do Nuts Expire? A: Nuts can't expire; however, they can change in taste or go rancid. Nuts contain much-unsaturated fat, an oil that makes nuts likely to go rancid.
When it comes to detecting spoiled nuts, the best bet is to use your nose. As LaMarita explains, the most dominant sign is an unpleasant odor. "Rancid nuts give off an aroma—a sour, moldy, paint-like, plastic-like smell," he says.
When polyunsaturated fats are exposed to heat, as is the case with roasting, they're more likely to become damaged or oxidized. This can lead to the formation of harmful free radicals, which can damage your cells. Oxidized fat, or rancid fat, is responsible for the “off” taste and smell in some nuts.
Because the dry, indirect heat the oven offers will toast the nuts more evenly than a skillet will. Using a skillet might trim a few minutes off your cook time, but the heat is uneven. Even if you're using medium or medium-low heat, you'll still get black or charred spots.
In general, roasting is a process where the temperature is lower but the time is higher (may be more than several minutes) while toasting is conducted at a much higher temperature for a short duration (say less than one minute). Until the late nineteenth century, dry heat roasting in an oven was called baking.
"Many of us don't get enough fiber, so eating more nuts is an easy way to get more of it," she told Women's Health. But keep it realistic, warns the experts at the Mayo Clinic, "... you could end up canceling out the heart-healthy benefits of nuts if they're covered with chocolate, sugar, or salt."
Dry, one-seeded fruits, nuts are eaten with the fingers. At the table, though, a nut spoon is provided to spoon nuts from bowl to plate. Good table manners call for a spoon to be provided with finger foods served from a common bowl.
Toss the nuts with the melted butter in a bowl and spread on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Roast for 8 minutes. Remove pan from the oven and toss the nuts with a spatula for even toasting. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of the Tajín seasoning, tossing again to coat.
Spritz food with water or broth before seasoning it for the oven. Before you hit your food with those seasonings, use a spray bottle to spray it with a light coating of water, broth, or cooking vinegar. This adds a wet coating for salts and other seasonings to stick to, without the need for oil.
Seasoning. Now it's time to season. Toss the seeds in a bit of olive oil or melted butter first to help the seasoning stick (and to add some extra flavor and keep the seeds from burning). For seasoning, you could just use salt and call it a day, nothing wrong with that!
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