Holiday Spiced Nuts

• 2 cups walnut halves
• 1 cup peeled hazelnuts
• 1 cup whole unsalted cashews
• 1 cup whole pecan halves
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon ground anise
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon coarse black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg, eyeball it
• 1 cup smoked almonds (recommended: Diamond Smokehouse almonds)

1. Heat a large skillet and cook nuts over moderate heat 7 to 8 minutes until golden and well toasted your nose will know when they are done.
2. Transfer nuts to a plate and return pan to stove top.
3. Add butter to the pan in small pieces.
4. Melt butter and spice it with anise, cinnamon, pepper and nutmeg.
5. Let butter infuse a minute then pour over nuts.
6. Turn off heat.
7. Add smoked nuts to the skillet and turn to combine evenly with butter.

walnut halves, hazelnuts, cashews, pecan halves, butter, ground anise, ground cinnamon, coarse black pepper, nutmeg, almonds

Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/holiday-spiced-nuts-recipe.html (may not work)