This healthy homemade gluten-free nut crunch snack is a family favorite. Replace your boxed processed store-bought snacks with something homemade and healthy. This recipe is free of gluten and dairy.
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Gluten-Free Nut Crunch Snack
Ingredients
- Large bag Pecans Or equivalent mixture of pecans, cashews, almonds (or you favorite nuts)
- 1 Cup Pumpkin seeds
- 1 Cup Sunflower seeds
- 1/2 Cup Sesame seeds Optional
- 1+ Tsp cinnamon Or your favorite spice, pumpkin spice, cardamom etc
- 1+ Tbsp Maple syrup Honey or brown rice syrup
- 1.5 Tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Combine nuts and seeds on cookie sheet.
- Add oil, maple syrup, and spice(s).
- Mix the ingredients.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes until lightly browned. Let is cool before putting in storage container.