Sweetened with honey and prepared with just 5 ingredients, those sticky oven roasted walnuts are a delightfully nourishing snack for the whole family!
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Ingredients
- Walnuts — Entire walnut halves and not crushed walnuts.
- Honey — Your favorite honey.
- Salt — Helps to balance the sweet and spicy flavors.
- Red Chili Pepper Flakes — To add heat and for the looks.
- Paprika — Sweet or hot Paprika. Smoked paprika is not a suitable option in this recipe.
How to prepare the spiced nuts?
Step 1
Place honey with salt, chili flakes and paprika in a skillet and heat it up a bit so that the honey melts and the spices infused the honey.
Step 2
Remove the skillet from the heat and stir the walnuts into the sticky spiced honey blend and coat them well.
Step 3
Prep an oven tray with parchment paper and spread the sticky coated walnut halves over the parchment paper.
Step 4
Roast the coated nuts for about 8 minutes.
Take out, cool and enjoy your nuts.
📖 Recipe
Spiced Roasted Walnuts with Honey Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 Tablespoons Honey
- 1 Teaspoon Red Chili Pepper Flakes
- 1 Teaspoon Paprika sweet or hot paprika
- ¼ Teaspoon Salt
- 2 Cup Walnuts halves
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 Fahrenheit/ 180 Celsius.
- Heat up a pan over a medium-low heat setting and stir in your honey with the salt, chili flakes and paprika powder. Let the honey melt and mix everything well.3 Tablespoons Honey, ¼ Teaspoon Salt, 1 Teaspoon Red Chili Pepper Flakes, 1 Teaspoon Paprika
- Take the pan from the heat and stir the walnuts into the spiced honey mixture. Coat the walnuts by mixing them with the honey.2 Cup Walnuts
- Line a baking tray with parchment paper and spread the honey covered walnuts over the baking sheet equally.
- Roast the walnuts in the oven for about 5 mins at 350 Fahrenheit/ 180 Celsius or until the honey appears to have hardened on the walnuts.
- Let the walnuts cool down before you enjoy them as a snack.
Equipment
- Stainless Steal Non-Stick PFOA-free Frying Pan To infused the honey with spices.
- Silicone Spatula To coat the walnuts in the pan and to spread them on your parchment lined oven tray.
Nutrition
Enjoying the Nuts
The roasted spiced walnuts make for a great movie time snack or an informal family party entertainment bite.
Walnuts are quite filling, and the red chili peppers will cut your craving a bit. Technically, you can't overeat.
We serve them up when guests come over, or we bring the spiced walnuts on one of our road trips as a snack.
Storing
You can keep your nuts in tin boxes lines with parchment paper.
If you need to carry them around, to work or to a picnic, fold a paper cone and place the coated spiced walnuts into the cone, which can then be closed on the opening side.
