This QUICK and EASY recipe is a one of those NO FAIL treats that is good for your family; even picky-picky husband adores this recipe.
You will need a large cookie sheet for this recipe; line it with foil and put it in the oven while you are pre-heating it (just to get it nice and warm). PRE-HEAT oven to 350°.
1 pound UNsalted nuts
2 tablespoons honey
1½ tablespoons real maple syrup (not pancake syrup)
1½ tablespoons unsalted butter
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
3/4 teaspoons kosher salt
In a small glass bowl, mix the honey, maple syrup, butter and 1 teaspoon kosher salt. Heat until the butter is melted and there are a few bubbles around the edges of the bowl.
Drizzle the honey-syrup mixture over the nuts, using a rubber spatula to get every last drop out of the bowl.Gently toss the nuts until they are completely covered.
Take the foil lined cookie sheet out of the oven (it should be nice and hot) and spread the honey coated nuts out in a single thickness (do not grease the foil).
Bake at 350° for 6 minutes. After 6 minutes, remove the nuts and they will look a little "foamy" like this:
Quickly toss or stir the nuts (two spoons work the best for this) and put them back into the oven for another 6 minutes. During that time mix 2 level tablespoons of granulated sugar and 3/4 teaspoon of kosher salt in a little cup and set aside.
When the nuts come out of the oven for the 2nd time, put them in a large CLEAN bowl and sprinkle them with about 1/3 of the sugar-salt mixture and toss; sprinkle with another 1/3 of the sugar-salt mixture and toss again; gently sprinkle with the last 1/3 and stir.
Spread the nuts onto a large piece of parchment paper or ungreased foil and spread them out as much as possible to cool; any nuts touching each other will try to stick together (but they will easily break apart when they are cooled down).
You are going to be TEMPTED to eat one of these nuts at this stage, but BE CAREFUL, they are molten hot!!
When the nuts are COMPLETELY COOL, put them in a glass jar with an airtight lid; a little jar like this on my computer desk is heaven!!
BULK nuts in the nutrition department of your grocery store, save money and work wonderfully for this recipe. They sell salted and Unsalted. I suggest you use the Unsalted nuts if you can find them. If you can not find Unsalted nuts, just don't add any salt to the honey mixture.
You will need a large cookie sheet for this recipe; line it with foil and put it in the oven while you are pre-heating it (just to get it nice and warm). PRE-HEAT oven to 350°.
1 pound UNsalted nuts
2 tablespoons honey
1½ tablespoons real maple syrup (not pancake syrup)
1½ tablespoons unsalted butter
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
3/4 teaspoons kosher salt
In a small glass bowl, mix the honey, maple syrup, butter and 1 teaspoon kosher salt. Heat until the butter is melted and there are a few bubbles around the edges of the bowl.
Drizzle the honey-syrup mixture over the nuts, using a rubber spatula to get every last drop out of the bowl.Gently toss the nuts until they are completely covered.
Take the foil lined cookie sheet out of the oven (it should be nice and hot) and spread the honey coated nuts out in a single thickness (do not grease the foil).
Bake at 350° for 6 minutes. After 6 minutes, remove the nuts and they will look a little "foamy" like this:
When the nuts come out of the oven for the 2nd time, put them in a large CLEAN bowl and sprinkle them with about 1/3 of the sugar-salt mixture and toss; sprinkle with another 1/3 of the sugar-salt mixture and toss again; gently sprinkle with the last 1/3 and stir.
You are going to be TEMPTED to eat one of these nuts at this stage, but BE CAREFUL, they are molten hot!!
When the nuts are COMPLETELY COOL, put them in a glass jar with an airtight lid; a little jar like this on my computer desk is heaven!!
I'm warning you, these are
totally addictive!!
totally addictive!!
NOTE: Make sure the cookie sheets have a raised lip around the edge.
NOTE: There is no OBVIOUS maple flavor to these nuts, but the maple syrup does blend beautifully with the honey and vanilla.
NOTE: There is no OBVIOUS maple flavor to these nuts, but the maple syrup does blend beautifully with the honey and vanilla.
