Help with spiced nut recipe please!

[framing fowl]

I have never made spiced nuts and found a recipe today to try out. I taste tested the coating first and it was awesome. It was sweet and spicy with just a bit of kick. Then I coated the nuts, baked, cooled and tasted again. The flavor has really mellowed out. How would you tweak this recipe so the finished product was better? Double just the pepper or double the entire coating?

1 large egg white
1/2 C sugar
1 tsp ground cumin
3/4 tsp ground chipotle pepper
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
3 cans (10-11oz) salted fancy mixed nuts.

Thanks!

 

[freemotion]

Increase the flavor that you want to emphasize more...sounds like it is the pepper. You could also increase the cinnamon and cumin so the pepper doesn't overwhelm those two....but if pepper is what you really like, increase the pepper! I'd hesitate to increase all the ingredients, though. It might not dry the way you'd like.

 

[framing fowl]

Thanks Free, I hadn't thought about it drying differently with a double coating on it. I actually liked the whole balance of flavor when I taste tested just the coating. Everything, even the sweetness was diluted on the nuts. Do you think I could double dip them? Do 1 coating, let dry and then another to pile the flavor on?

 

[Wifezilla]

Hmmmmmm.........sounds like it would be worth an experiment. Worst case the coating breaks off.

 

[DreamsDoComeTrue]

I love sweet and spicy combinations! Love! Love! Love!

When I made them (as gifts for Christmas) I changed the sugar to brown sugar, doubled it, doubled the spices and added a bit of butter (so it coated the nuts better). I thought they looked "odd" because of the nice thick coating of flavoring but had rave reviews.

 

[Bethanial]

Thanks for sharing, and