Nosh With Me's Candied Peanuts |
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Prep Time: 1 Minutes Cook Time: 10 Minutes |
Ready In: 11 Minutes Servings: 16 |
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I am a voracious reader of food blogs, and came across this recipe during the summer. So easy, so yummy, I've made it umpteen times since the first try and it's never failed me. Very addictive, perfect for a certain time when you crave both salty and sweet at the same moment. I also made these with cashews once when I found I was out of peanuts. Heaven! Tossed together with some raisins this is elevated to something the Greek gods might have snacked on hanging out on Mount Olympus watching the original Olympics down below... Ingredients:
1/3 cup sugar |
3 tablespoons water |
1 1/2 cups salted peanuts |
Directions:
1. Line a baking sheet with either parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Make sure you have a long-handled wooden spoon ready. I mean LONG-HANDLED! As mentioned in the blog, you'll be working with really HOT sugar syrup and you don't want to have to fish out a tiny spoon from the pot if you drop it in by mistake (something that has happened in my unfortunate experience).
2. Put the sugar and water in the saucepan and cook over medium-high heat, stirring, until the sugar dissolves.
3. Keeping the heat fairly high, continue to cook the sugar, without stirring, until it just starts to color. (If sugar splatters onto the sides of the saucepan, wash down the splatters with a pastry brush dipped in cold water.)
4. Toss in the peanuts and immediately start stirring.
5. Keep stirring, to coat the peanuts with the sugar.
6. Within a few minutes, they will be covered with sugar and turn white - keep stirring until the sugar turns back into caramel.
7. When the peanuts are coated with a nice deep amber caramel, remove the pan from the heat and turn the nuts out onto the baking sheet, using the wooden spoon to spread them out as best you can.
8. Cool the nuts to room temperature.
9. When they are cool enough to handle, separate the nuts or break them into small pieces.
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