Spicy Maple Nuts

Ingredients:

4 cups walnut halves or mixed nuts
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
2 tbsp unsalted butter
1 1/2 tsp chili powder
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 300. Line a baking sheet with foil. Lightly spray with non-stick cooking spray for lightly coat with vegetable oil.

2. Place nuts in large bowl. In a small saucepan over medium heat stir syrup with butter, 1 tsp chili powder , salt and 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper until it bubbles.

3. Immediately drizzle over nuts stirring constantly until evenly coated.

4. Spread out nuts in a single layer on baking sheet. Bake in center of preheated oven stirring occassionally until glazed 20-25 min.

5. Remove from oven. Sprinkle with remaining chili powder and cayenne and stir.

6. Let cool on sheet, stirring occassionally. Serve in bowl.

Nuts will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 5 days or in the freezer up to 2 weeks. Nuts start to lose their flavor after that.

*Compliments of Chatelaine magazine.