Strawberry Vanilla Bean Roasted Cashews

Looking for holiday snack ideas?  These strawberry vanilla bean roasted cashews are sweet and crunchy and packed with protein.  You don’t have to fall completely off the band wagon this holiday season if you are prepared with delicious (but healthy) desserts and snacks.  Stay tuned for Thursday’s post, I’ll show you how to turn Linzer Tarts into the perfect gift idea as well as talk about finding your passion! Enjoy!

Strawberry Vanilla Bean Roasted Cashews

Erin Porter

These roasted cashews carry a real nutritional punch. I leave them out on the counter for the kids and watch them disappear!

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Course Desserts, Snacks

Ingredients

  

• 1 lb Cashews
• 1 Vanilla bean
• 2 tsp Vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup Xylitol
• 1 cup Dried strawberries I used Trader Joes brand
• 1/4 tsp Cinnamon
• pinch Salt
• 1 Egg white

Instructions

 

• Place cashews in bowl and just enough water to cover them. Add 1 tsp. of vanilla extract. Soak for 2-3 hours.
• Drain water and lay cashews out on parchment paper to dry completely (About 1 hour or longer.)
• Once cashews are dry preheat oven to 200 degrees and spray cookie sheet with coconut oil spray.
• In a bowl combine dry cashews with egg white, xylitol, vanilla, cinnamon, salt and dehydrated strawberries. Mix well and spread cashews onto cookie sheet.
• Sprinkle 1 tbsp. more of xylitol on top of cashews.
• Bake at 200 degrees for 2-3 hours. Toss cashews after 1 hour and continue to bake for another hour or two. If after two hours they still look moist continue to bake for another hour. Checking every 30 minutes. They will continue to dry out even after they are removed from oven.
• Take out of oven and store in air tight container. Enjoy!

Notes

Kaufmann 1 Diet (Kaufmann Phase I)

Toss the cashews with a wooden spoon. Don’t be discouraged when you notice they are still wet after a couple stirs.  They will dry up and they will also continue to dry when they come out of the oven.