Panocha Walnuts
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
-
3 cups
ingredients
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1⁄2 cups walnuts
directions
- Combine sugar, water and salt in 3 quart sauce pan.
- Slowly bring to a boil, stirring occasionally until sugar dissolves.
- Boil slowly to 246 degrees Farenheit (firm ball stage) Remove from heat.
- Add vanilla and walnut halves, stir until nuts are coated, then keep stirring, until the syrup crystallizes and turns "sugary". At this point they should not be sticky at all, but rather dry-looking.
- Dump out on waxed paper or foil and QUICKLY separate nuts using two forks.
- I usually have someone else work with me on this step.
- Let cool thoroughly before storing in a tightly covered container.
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Reviews
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Fabulous recipe! I was able to easily add as much as 3 cups of walnuts, and they came out great! I doubled the recipe and mused 6 cups of walnuts, using my 6-quart sauce pan. You have to move quickly, because it can become unwieldy, but they were still beautiful and broke apart easily with a fork. These are addictive! Adding this note: The name should be changed to "Penuche Walnuts". I found out the hard way that "Panocha" has a double meaning in Spanish when I gave a labeled tin of them to my nephew, whose father is Mexican. He bust out laughing and told me that panocha means the rude "P" word in Spanish. Run a Google Translate or check out Urban Dictionary to verify. Panocha is a common spelling for a sweet sugary treat, but you will get laughs and snickers if you spell it this way in California, Arizona, New Mexico, etc. Just thought you might want to know.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
thatbobbiegirl
United States
Professional Advice Dispenser. Amateur Human Being. Warning: Contains nuts. NOW with Patented Glow-In-The-Dark Personality!
While many of the recipes I shared here are not even close to low sodium, I myself definitely fit into that category nowadays. Most of these I just don't make anymore and the few I do are only with big changes/substitutions.
[Heart attacks? 0/10 would not recommend]