Dear Trader Joe’s, I am mad at you.

There is no Trader Joe’s in Anchorage.  This displeases me, and I have to resort to buying all my Trader Joe’s favorites on eBay or hoping for relatives and friends in Trader Joe’s locales to take pity upon my poor, Sesame Honey Almonds-dependent soul.

But then it occurred to me, I could just whip up my own!  The trusty Internet always has recipes.  So I googled my way to veggiewiz.blogspot.com and found the following recipe:

Honig Brat Madeln

• 1 cup almonds, whole with skins on
• 1 cup cashews
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon roasted sesame seeds
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 teaspoons almond oil or vegetable oil

1. Spread the almonds and cashews in a single layer in a shallow ungreased baking pan and place in cold oven. Bake at 350F/180C, stirring occasionally, until the color of the nut is tan to light brown, 10 to 12 minutes. (The nuts will continue to roast a little more after they are removed from the oven.) Set the roasted nuts aside.
2. Thoroughly mix the sugar, salt, and sesame seeds, and set aside.
3. Stir together the honey, water, and oil in a medium-size saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Stir in the roasted nuts and continue to cook and stir until all of the liquid has been absorbed by the nuts, about 5 minutes.
4. Immediately transfer the almonds to a medium-sized bowl into which some sugar mixture has been sprinkled. Sprinkle the remaining sugar mixture over the nuts and toss until they are evenly coated. Spread the nuts out onto a silicon pad or parchment paper. When cool, store at room temperature in a tightly covered container or plastic bag. Will keep up to 2 weeks.

Now if I could just find a recipe for Trader Joe’s Pomegranate White Tea.  Trader Joe’s, why do you despise me and refuse my advances?