Spicy Peanuts

Name: Spicy Peanuts
Ingredients: 1 pound peanuts Shelled, skinned raw; 1 tablespoon butter or so, you don't want them too greasy; 1 teaspoon salt give or take; 1 teaspoon black pepper; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; dried chiles Ground, or to taste and discretion,, a CH guest list?, I like to use smoked habs

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Ingredients

1 pound peanuts Shelled, skinned raw
1 tablespoon butter or so, you don't want them too greasy
1 teaspoon salt give or take
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
dried chiles Ground, or to taste and discretion,, a CH guest list?, I like to use smoked habs

Directions

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Cooking times are approximate and spices are flexible; use whatcha like. My usual version goes something like this:Preheat your oven to 250 degrees. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a heavy cast iron skillet over a low to medium fire. Toss in the peanuts and all the spices and stir thoroughly to coat the peanuts uniformly with butter and spices They don't all have to touch the bottom of the pan, but don't make them too deep unless you want to spend the next 15-20 minutes constantly stirring. You can obviously do them in batches in series (one pan) or in parallel (more than one pan). In any event, stir them frequently, as they usually take a while to start browning but then
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Open a cold beer and enjoy the pregame hype. You will want to roast the peanuts anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes, depending on how you like them, stirring them every 10 minutes. We like them well done, by which time they will have a deep, mahogany hue. This takes 45-60 minutes depending on the accuracy of your oven thermostat and the doneness you have achieved when browning them on the stove. You will want to test them occasionally (more than occasionally when the aroma starts beckoning to you). Be aware that they aren't crisp when hot but become so quickly when allowed to cool.