Honeyed Almonds With Cinnamon Nutmeg And Five Spice Food

HONEYED ALMONDS WITH CINNAMON, NUTMEG AND FIVE SPICE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line a baking tray with lightly oiled baking parchment. Mix the sugar and salt in a large bowl and set aside.
• Melt the honey in a frying pan over a low heat. Add the almonds and spices and stir to coat. Transfer the nuts to the baking tray and spread them out in a single layer. Bake for 10-15 mins until golden brown, scraping the nuts from the side to the centre from time to time so they cook and colour evenly.
• Remove from the oven and cool slightly for 5 mins until the nuts become sticky, then toss them in the sugar and salt mixture. Cool completely, then divide them between cellophane bags.

HONEY ALMOND GRANOLA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Oil a 4-sided sheet pan or line with parchment paper.
• Stir together oats, almonds, and sesame seeds in a large bowl. Heat oil, honey, cardamom, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a small saucepan over low heat (or in a microwave) until heated through. Stir into oat mixture.
• Spread evenly in sheet pan and bake, stirring once, until golden, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Cool granola completely in pan (it will crisp as it cools), then stir in fruit.

CINNAMON AND HONEY ALMONDS

Steps:

• In a big microwave bowl, heat honey at low power (10 %) for 1 minute or until melted. Add cinnamon and almonds and mix well to coat them. Spread almonds on a baking sheet with greased parchment paper.
• Bake in a preheated oven of 350 F for about 15 minutes or until almonds are golden (shake one time). Put the baking sheet on a grill and shake the almonds. Let cool completely (the mixture will get hard). Broke the almond mixture in pieces and put in a bowl. Add salt and mix.

HONEY SPICED NUTS RECIPE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients. Preheat the oven to 400 F.
• Add the butter to a pot and melt on the stovetop on low heat. Stir in the honey, sugar, water, cinnamon, salt, ginger, nutmeg, cardamom, and ground cloves. Continue stirring until melted and fully combined.
• Stir in the walnuts, almonds, and pistachios and spread out in a single layer on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
• Roast in the oven for 10 to 12 minutes, being careful not to burn the nuts.
• Sprinkle with the sea salt.
• Serve and enjoy!

FRUIT AND SPICE GRANOLA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl stir together oats. coconut, nuts, and spices. In a small saucepan melt butter with honey over low heat, stirring occasionally. Pour butter mixture over oat mixture and toss to combine well.
• Spread granola evenly in 2 shallow baking pans and bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, stirring frequently and switching position of pans halfway through baking, until golden brown, about 30 minutes. In large bowl combine granola with dried fruits and cool, stirring occasionally. (Granola keeps in an airtight container, chilled, 1 month.)

BASELER LECKERLI (SWISS SPICE COOKIES)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
• Sift together the flour, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, nutmeg and baking soda.
• Combine honey, sugar and water in a small saucepan.
• Place over low heat until the honey just melts- do not let it boil.
• Transfer the mixture to the bowl of a heavy-duty mixer fitted with the dough hook.
• Let cool slightly.
• Add the sifted flour mixture, the almonds, orange peel and lemon zest.
• Blend until the mixture comes together in a heavy, sticky dough, adding a spoonful or two of water if needed.
• (The mixing can be done by hand, but it's labor intensive) Resist the urge to add more water to make the dough easier to handle; it would impair the texture of the finished cookies.
• Spread the dough about 1/2 to 1 inch thick on the baking sheets, forming 3 rectangles, each about 8 x 9 inches.
• Bake for about 20 minutes, until the tops turn a medium brown.
• When the dough rectangles have baked, remove pans to a rack and immediately brush the tops with glaze.
• Let cool for 10 minutes.
• Cut into 1 x 3-inch bars or into diamond shapes.
• Transfer to racks to cool completely.
• Ice with a simple sugar glaze.
• Store in airtight containers, placing wax paper between layers.
• Let rest at least 1 week, preferably longer.