Best Festive Nuts Recipes

FESTIVE GREEN SALAD AND SUGARED NUTS

Steps:

• For the salad: Use bagged spring greens and sprinkle crumbled feta cheese, craisins and sugared nuts (almonds, pecans, walnuts or cashews). You can also use honey roasted nuts, or smoked almonds.
• For the sugared nuts: Heat oven to 325.
• Combine sugar, cinnamon and salt in a small bowl.
• Place egg white in a separate bowl and beat at high speed of electric beater till soft peeks form.
• Continue beating, adding sugar mixture gradually till stiff peaks form. Gently stir in nuts by hand.
• Line a 9x13 pan with heavy duty tin foil. Melt the butter in the oven in the foil lined pan.
• Spread the nut mixture evenly over the butter.
• Bake stirring about every 10 minutes till nuts are browned, and no butter remains (about 25 minutes)
• Cool completely; then store in airtight container.

FESTIVE NUTS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 350°:F. Combine the sugar, spices and salt in a bowl; reserve. In a separate bowl, toss the nuts with the egg white; then toss nuts well with the sugar-spice mixture.
• 2. Spread the nuts out on a baking sheet, separating them as much as possible. Bake for 15 minutes. Using a metal spatula, scrape up the nuts and break them apart; return to the oven for 5 minutes more to dry them thoroughly. Let cool completely at room temperature. Before serving, mix in the dried cherries.

FESTIVE CARAMEL POPCORN AND NUTS

Steps:

• Mix popped corn and nuts on a greased jelly roll pan. Combine sugar, butter, corn syrup and salt in a 2-quart pan and bring to boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Continue to boil, stirring constantly for 15 minutes or until "caramel colored." Remove pan from heat and stir in vanilla. Pour this mixture over popped corn and nuts and immediately begin to mix. When cold, break into pieces to store.