Like popcorn, nuts taste best sprinkled with extra-fine-grained salt that sticks to the snack. That’s why the cheater thing to use here is Lawry’s seasoned salt, a ready-to-go finely ground blend of salt, seasoning, and sugar that becomes one with the nut. If you use coarse kosher salt, you’ll find the flakes sitting in the bottom of the bowl. You can smoke all kinds of nuts—peanuts, pecans, whatever you like—but the nuts must be raw. Stay close to the oven during the final ten minutes of roasting. The toasty fragrance will let you know when they are ready.

Ingredients

　　2 cups raw almonds

　　1 tablespoon peanut or olive oil

　　1 tablespoon bottled smoke

　　1 teaspoon fine-grained seasoned salt (we use Lawry’s)

　　Pinch of cayenne pepper

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　　Cheater BBQ