Great Hot Nutty Categories!

Howdy do viewers! When did you get here? I must have missed you come in! Welcome back to Malt Salt! for this exciting edition I will be delving into the thrilling, the exciting, the most uncontrollably awesome! (drum roll please)..... Quiet night at home! Taaaa daaaaa! Oh yes, on the oh so comfy agenda I have for us not one but two! Good old fashioned steamy winter cocktails, some delicious toasted treats, and a thinking game that's perfect for two on those perfect quiet nights, it can accommodate 4 however for a little slumber party action! Lets get down to business shall we? 

Hot Whiskey Toddy 2 ways

This winter drink is one of my absolute top favorites and it always puts a smile on my face and warms my chilly cheeks! Its tried and true classic, it even featured in a film in 1921!
 Im going to show you two was to prepare it, both delicious and warming on a cold winter night!

First one is

2 ounces of whiskey, I used honey whiskey, its less sharp and fits the drink a little better (in my opinion) without changing the flavor to much

1/4 of a lemon ( referring to its juices )

1 tablespoon of honey

and a cup of tea or hot water, I used English breakfast tea

 a quick stir and add a pinch of cinnamon if you like and your ready to go!

Second one is

very similar to the firs tone the second is a Hot Apple Toddy!

2 ounces of whiskey

1 tablespoon of honey

a pinch of cinnamon

and a cup of hot apple cider, I used Martinellis, so delicious!

stir and enjoy! both easy and fun to make this drink is also good for sinus infections and colds. If you are not as drinker but want to enjoy this delicious past time simply don't add the whiskey and go nuts with the lemon honey and cinnamon for a delicious virgin treat! Bottoms up viewers!

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Spicy Toasted Almonds

This recipe again is sooo darn easy! Perfect for a semi healthier treat when cozying up at home for a night of relaxation!

For this tasty morsel you start by preheating your oven to 350 degrees and prepping your baking sheet with tin foil. Leave a little extra foil on the sides of the pan you'll need it later for easy flipping, do not grease it though the nuts should come right off without it!

Get a regular bowl doesn't need to be too big and mix the following ingredients together, with a spoon is fin no whisk needed:

2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 
                                                                                                                                                                         

1 teaspoon cumin, Ground 

                                                                                                                                                                         

1/2 teaspoon sugar                                                                                                                                                                           

1 teaspoon garlic powder 

                                                                                                                                                                         

1/2 teaspoon cayenne powder

 

Then Melt 1/4 cup of butter in a sauce pan on low heat, add your mixture from earlier to create the spiced butter and cook on low heat for 2 to 3 min.

Add 3 cups of regular untoasted unsalted nuts (raw) and stir evenly, coating every little baby nut with yummy seasoning! do that for a min or so and then display the nuts evenly on your baking sheet. If there is a little leftover liquid its ok just pour it in and let it cook off.

Bake the little nutties for 7 min and then take out the tray with oven mits or thick hand towels whatever you have on hand, no burning yourself! Use the excess sides of the tin foil to lift up the nuts and toss them about to mix them up. Return the nuts back to the oven and bake again for 7 min.

Pull them out and pour them into a large tuperware container with a lid on hand that will properly cover it. Sprinkle 1/8th cup of salt over the nuts and add the top. Shake vigorously to get the nuts completely coated with the salt. The original recipe called for the half cup so I did 1/4 because that sounded like a lot and it still was way to much so I suggest 1/8. Its doesn't look like much but it goes a long way!

Let them cool and you have yourself a delicious treat in under twenty min!

http://www.food.com/recipe/hot-and-spicy-almonds-7332


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Scattergories Categories

This game is amazing and completely fun with just two people! Its competitive and brain working with vocabulary as its main focus. Players begin by taking a work card that has both a word or phrase and a description of the categories your worlds will need to come from.

Then you will write down the phrase down the boxes on the left side of the special game sheet that comes with the box (as seen above) and someone will flip the sand timer over and you will have an allotted amount of time (I think two minutes) to write down as many responses to the categories that start with the letter on the left as you can. You get one point for single words that count for the categories and start with the corresponding letter and two for answers contain 2 words that start with the letter. Like if the categories was toys and you needed and L toy and you wrote Lincoln logs you would receive two points!


All of these things are amazing in groups or just at home and can be applies to any night anywhere! So have fun with it and let me know if you come up with double or even triple word scores! Bon voyage Viewers and see you next time on malt Salt!

                                                                                   Love, Hailey, Andy, and Friends