CHRISTMAS NUTS .........ALMONDS

SUGAR AND SPICE ALMONDS ....
Preheat your oven to 160 deg C
Spray oven trays and line with baking paper
Sift 2 tbs of ground cinnamon into a medium bowl together with 1and 1/2cups of icing sugar .
Rinse 600gm of whole almonds in a colander under running water
Tip the wet almonds on to the baking tray
Sift the sliced sugar mix over the almonds .
Toss to coat .
Roast in the preheated oven for 10minutes then stir and continue cook for a further 10 minutes OR until browned and fragrant .
Remove from oven and allow to completely cool on tray .
The almonds will crisp on cooling.
Store in airtight containers or jars .

TAMARI ALMONDS
Preheat your oven to 160 deg C
Mix together 400gm , 3 tbs of tamari , 1 tbs of rice bran oil and salt to taste  in a medium bowl .
Let them sit for about an hour , stirring occasionally to make sure the almonds are well coated.
Line an oven tray with baking paper and spread out almonds
Roast the almonds in the oven r 15 minutes .
shake he tray every 5 minutes make sure the nuts do nut burn .
Remove from oven and allow to completely cool .
The nuts will become crunchier once they have cooled and dried .
Store in an airtight container .