Ingredients:

4 cups of combined walnuts, pecans, almonds, and cashews

½ teaspoon ground cumin

½ teaspoon ground black pepper

¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper

1 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon butter

½ cup sugar

¼ cup water

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 Degrees. Measure 4 cups of raw nuts in to a large bowl. Measure spices into a small bowl. Stir together the spices, then pour over the nuts and stir together. Combine butter, sugar, and water to make a syrup.

In a small saucepan stir together the syrup ingredients and cook over medium high heat until the butter melts. Set a timer for 1 minute and let the mixture gently boil until the timer goes off.

While the syrup is cooking butter a 15 x 10” jelly roll sized pan and cover with wax paper or parchment paper.

Pour the syrup over the nut/spice mixture, stir and pour in to the prepared pan and spread nuts into a single layer and bake for 10 minutes.

Remove the pan from the oven, stir to coat the nuts with syrup and spread into a single layer again. Bake for another 6 minutes.

Remove the pan from the oven, stir one last time and spread out the nuts to cool. Cool well before serving.