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| Salty, sweet with a good kick of spice! Preheat oven to 300 degrees Celsius. | |
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| Separate the yolk from the egg white. (Save the yolk for another recipe, like lemon curd!) |
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| Whisk the egg whites |
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| Whisk until you have a loose meringue texture |
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| Add in your desired amount of brown sugar |
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| S&P to taste |
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| I added some brushed dried rosemary |
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| Nutmeg and cinnamon |
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| & the zest of an orange. |
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| Take just the orange zest and not the pith (white part of the skin)! |
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| Add it all into your whipped egg whites |
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| Combine until it's all combined. |
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| Walnuts. I get mine from Costco in a large bag! Yum. |
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| Toss a couple handfuls in |
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| Stir to evenly coat. |
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| Pour all of it onto a pan, lined with a slightly greased piece of foil. (I used butter) |
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| One layer. |
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| For some extra crunch, raw sugar. |
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| Sprinkle generously on top and pop the tray into the oven for about 30 minutes, stirring once after 15 minutes. |
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| Keep an eye on them! Once they're nice and golden, and not gooey to the touch, pull the tray out, remove foil/walnuts and allow to cool. |
If you make these, I guarantee that your house will smell divine. That is...if you don't burn them...and I have. Once, they were almonds and they looked like giant tar like raisins. Boo! Once you've taken the pan out of the oven I'm warning you: do not to eat them right away. Resist! These buttery, crunchy, sweet, salty and spicy little
things will burn your mouth and it'll hurt. Trust me on this one! This is a
general recipe, you can add whatever spices you want and candy whichever
nuts you desire. It's hard to mess up. I've made these lots of times now and each time I
change it up a little bit. Keeps my taste buds on their...toes! I like adding these gems to salads, chopped and sprinkled on sprouts or asparagus, in cereal, oatmeal, crush them and use it to make a yummy crust on meat or fish...or just eat them alone. Addictive! :)
