Holiday Spiced Nuts

Ingredients

• 1 cup almonds smoked recommended: Diamond Smokehouse almonds
• 1 teaspoon ground anise 
• 3 tablespoons butter 
• 1 cup cashew pieces unsalted whole
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
• 1 cup hazelnuts peeled
• 0.5 teaspoon nutmeg freshly grated
• 1 cup pecan halves whole
• 1 teaspoon coarse pepper black
• 2 cups walnut halves 

Equipment

• frying pan
• stove

Directions

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. Melt butter and spice it with anise, cinnamon, pepper and nutmeg.
4. Let butter infuse a minute then pour over nuts. Turn off heat.
5. Add smoked nuts to the skillet and turn to combine evenly with butter.