Sugar-and-Spice Candied Nuts

Ingredients

• Butter

  Unsalted

  1 tbsp or 14g

• Corn syrups

  Light

  2 tbsp or 44g

• Salt

  Table

  ¼ tsp or 2g

• Nutmeg

  Spices, ground

  ¼ tsp or 0.6g

• Sugar

  White, granulated sugar

  ¼ cup or 50g

• Mixed nuts

  Nuts, oil roasted, with peanuts, without salt added

  2 cup or 284g

• Ginger

  Spices, ground

  ½ tsp or 0.9g

• Cinnamon

  Spices, ground

  ½ tsp or 1g

Directions

1. PREPARATION: Grate nutmeg.
2. Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and lightly butter parchment.
3. Stir together butter, sugar, corn syrup, spices, and salt in a 1 1/2- to 2-quart heavy saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Add nuts and cook, stirring constantly, 3 minutes. Spread nuts in 1 layer on lined baking sheet, separating any clumps. Bake, stirring nuts once with a heatproof rubber (silicone) spatula halfway through baking (keep nuts in 1 layer), until golden and bubbling, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on baking sheet on a rack 45 minutes, then break into small clusters with your hands.

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