Sugared Peanuts
photo by IngridH
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Yields:
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5 cups
- Serves:
- 5
ingredients
- 5 cups unsalted peanuts
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
directions
- In a heavy sauce pan, combine the peanuts, sugar and water.
- Bring to a boil: cook until syrup has evaporated, about 10 minutes.
- Spread peanuts in a single layer in a 15x10x1 in baking pan; sprinkle with salt.
- Bake at 300 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until dry and lightly browned.
- Cool completely.
- Store in airtight container.
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Reviews
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These are really addictive! As soon as they were cool enough to touch, I started munching, and could have eaten the entire tray! I pulled mine after 30 minutes when they had a nice, golden brown color but were still a little sticky- they dried out nicely as they cooled. I'd love to try this with some cinnamon or nutmeg mixed into the sugar, like the nuts you can get at the fair. Great recipe, thanks for posting!
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Oh my, these are good! I made a smaller batch to try and I loved them so much that they are going to go onto my holiday goodie gift trays! I did not have unsalted peanuts, so I used salted peanuts and omitted the salt. I am addicted to the sweet, salty goodness! Entirely too easy to snack on! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!
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Life long resident of the Pacific Northwest. I have been married 30 years and happily for 14....lol...get it? Long time cook with a lovely wife and two great (now that they have moved out) girls. Raised in a cooking and farming family. I do most of the cooking at home. My passion is cooking and my dream is to someday own a greasy spoon diner that people line up around the block to get into.
My wife and I own a part-time Kettle Corn business that is highly popular in our area.
I love to cook and have catered events ranging from 50 to 250.
Here is a sample of the menu (served buffet style) at my daughter's wedding reception in August of 2007 attended by 250 guests.
Appetizers --
Chilled Salmon topped with a Spicy Glaze served with crackers, Pimento Cheese Spread with sliced baguettes, Vegetable Platters, Meat and Cheese Platters, Antipasto Platters, Mini Quiches -- Carmelized Onion with Roasted Peppers and Savory Sausage, and my addictive Spiced Mini Pretzels.
Salads --
Broccoli Salad
Pasta Salad
My always requested Caesar Salad
Sides --
Rice Pilaf
Baby Red Potatoes
Baby Carrots with Glaze
Entrees --
Meatballs in BBQ sauce (bbq sauce and grape jelly)
Steamer Clams with Lemon/Garlic Butter
(My secret) Marinated Chicken Legs and Wings
Roasted Pork Loin with Raspberry Chipotle Glaze.
It was my shining moment, not only because my beautiful daughter was getting married, but seeing the satisfied looks on everyone's face after the meal was over was fantastic. Even better was that I did it on an extremely limited budget!