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Spiced Nuts with Bacon

Course: Snack
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Servings: 3 cups
Author: Rob Loethen
Salty and sweet bar nuts.
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Equipment

  • Sheet pan
  • Parchment paper

Ingredients 

  • 3 cups toasted nuts assorted
  • 3 ounces real bacon bits or 1 pound of bacon, cooked and cut into small pieces
  • ¼ cup pure maple syrup
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon dry mustard not prepared mustard
  • 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, minced or 1 tsp of dried thyme
  • ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • ½ teaspoon Old Bay seasoning
  • 2 teaspoons kosher salt

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Put parchment paper on baking sheet. If bacon bits need crisping, then cover with bacon and put in oven approximately 5 minutes (until crisp texture).
  • Mix dry ingredients together. Add nuts and bacon and stir together.
  • Add maple syrup and stir until completely coated.
  • Turn out onto parchment paper lined cookie sheet and back approximately 25 minutes, stirring nuts every 10 minutes.
  • Allow to cool completely then break into pieces.

Notes

If using salted nuts, then eliminate the extra salt from the recipe.