Sugar And Spice Snack Recipes

SUGAR AND SPICE SNACK

Steps:

• Heat oven to 300°F. Spray with cooking spray or grease 15x10x1-inch pan.
• In very large bowl, mix cereals, corn snacks and peanuts. In small bowl, beat egg whites, orange juice, sugar and cinnamon with wire whisk or hand beater until foamy. Pour over cereal mixture, stirring until evenly coated. Spread in pan.
• Bake 45 to 50 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes, until light brown and crisp. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Store in airtight container.

SUGAR-AND-SPICE CANDIED NUTS

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and lightly butter parchment.
• Stir together butter, sugar, corn syrup, spices, and salt in a 1 1/2- to 2-quart heavy saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Add nuts and cook, stirring constantly, 3 minutes. Spread nuts in 1 layer on lined baking sheet, separating any clumps. Bake, stirring nuts once with a heatproof rubber (silicone) spatula halfway through baking (keep nuts in 1 layer), until golden and bubbling, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on baking sheet on a rack 45 minutes, then break into small clusters with your hands.

EASY SPICED SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In the bowl of a mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and creamy.
• Beat in the vanilla and egg scraping down the bowl after mixing in.
• Sift together the dry ingredients then add to the butter mixture. Mix on medium speed until incorporated.
• Divide the dough into two then roll each piece out between two sheets of parchment paper.
• Using a cookie cutter, cut out cookies then place on cookie sheets.
• Place the cookies in the fridge for 30 minutes.
• Pre-heat the oven to 180ºC/350°F.
• Place the baking sheets into the oven and allow to bake for 12-15 minutes until golden brown.
• While the cookies are baking, stir together the sugar and spices and set aside.
• Remove from the oven and allow to chill for 10 minutes before coating in the sugar and transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.

SUGAR AND SPICE NUTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 300°F. Spray 15x10x1-inch pan with cooking spray. In large bowl, beat sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, water and egg white with electric mixer on high speed 1 to 2 minutes or until mixture is frothy. With rubber spatula, fold in nuts until evenly coated. Spread mixture evenly in pan.
• Bake 45 to 50 minutes, stirring occasionally, until nuts are fragrant and toasted. Cool completely in pan, about 30 minutes. Stir in chocolate candies. Store in tightly covered container.

SUGAR AND SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix the flour, the baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves together in a bowl.
• Cream the butter and brown sugar together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth; beat the egg and vanilla extract into the butter mixture. Add the flour mixture in small amount to the butter mixture, beating each addition until blended. Form the dough into a ball, wrap with plastic wrap, and refrigerate at least 1 hour or up to 3 days.
• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease baking sheets.
• Roll the dough out on a floured work surface with a rolling pin to about 1/8-inch thickness. Cut with 2-inch cookie cutters. Arrange the cut cookies onto the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the edges begin to brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.