Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
Recipe information
Yield
Makes 6 cups
Ingredients
3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter
1 1/2 teaspoons Chinese five-spice powder
1/4 teaspoon cayenne, or to taste
2 1/4 teaspoons crumbled dried thyme
6 cups walnuts
Preparation
Preheat the oven to 350°F. In a large heavy saucepan melt the butter with the five-spice powder, the cayenne, the thyme, and salt to taste, stirring, add the walnuts, and toss them to coat them well. Bake the walnuts in batches in a shallow baking pan in the middle of the oven for 10 minutes and let them cool until they are warm.
