Easy Maple Candied Walnuts For Snacking Or Gifts Recipes

MAPLE CANDIED WALNUTS

Steps:

• Pre-heat your oven to 325F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Mix the walnuts and maple syrup in a small bowl.
• Spread the maple coated nuts on the parchment paper and bake in the pre-heated oven for 10 minutes.
• Once the 10 minutes are up, stir the nuts with a wooden spoon. Return to the oven and bake for another 3-5 minutes.
• Once the maple syrup starts to lightly 'foam' remove the entire sheet from the oven and cool on a wire rack until the nuts can be easily handled and broken apart.
• Store the maple candied walnuts in a glass mason jar or other air tight container for best results.

MAPLE-CANDIED WALNUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Melt butter in large skillet over medium heat. Stir in maple syrup, vanilla, cinnamon, and 3/4 teaspoon salt. Bring to a simmer (mixture should be frothy), about 3 minutes. Add walnuts, and toss to coat using a rubber spatula. Cook, stirring, until sauce is syrupy and bubbly, about 3 minutes.
• Transfer walnut mixture to a parchment-lined baking sheet, and spread into a single layer. Bake until walnuts are caramelized, about 10 minutes. Transfer sheet to a wire rack. Stir, and let stand until cool and hardened, about 30 minutes.

CANDIED NUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300-degrees F (conventional) or 275-degrees F (convectional).Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and grease the paper with non-stick cooking spray.
• Mix cinnamon sugar: In a small bowl, add both sugars, cinnamon, salt and cayenne. Whisk, breaking up any large clumps of sugar, until thoroughly combined. Set aside.
• Whisk egg white: In a large bowl, vigorously whisk the egg white until frothy, about 1-2 minutes.
• Add flavor: Add the maple syrup and vanilla to the bowl. Whisk again until frothy.
• Add nuts: Add the nuts to the bowl and gently toss until the walnuts are evenly coated.
• Add cinnamon sugar: Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar over the nuts. Gently toss until evenly and thoroughly coated.
• Arrange on pan: Transfer the nuts to the prepared baking sheet, arranging them in an even, single layer.
• Bake. Stir. Bake: Place nuts in the oven on the middle shelf and bake for 20 minutes. Remove nuts and use a flat spatula to lift the nuts off the pan and gently stir. Return to the oven and bake for an additional 16-20 minutes, or until nuts are very fragrant and mostly dry to the touch. (Note: The candy-coating will continue to harden as the nuts cool!)
• Cool: Transfer the baking sheet to a wire rack and sprinkle with flaky sea salt and sanding sugar if using. Let the candied nuts cool to room temperature.
• Serve or Store! Serve and enjoy immediately with crudité, cheese boards, salads, pancakes, waffles and more! Or store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 weeks.

HEALTHIER MAPLE CANDIED WALNUTS

Steps:

• Get out a Silpat or a piece of parchment or wax paper.
• Preheat a non-stick pan over medium-high heat. It's important to preheat it first so that the maple syrup caramelizes properly.
• Add the walnuts, maple syrup, vanilla and 1/8 teaspoon salt to the pan.
• Stirring almost constantly, cook for 2-5 minutes or until the syrup has caramelized. There should be no liquid left in the pan. The maple syrup coating will seem soft but will harden as it cools.
• Spoon the walnuts evenly onto the Silpat and spread. Test one now (making sure that the maple coating isn't so hot that you burn your tongue!) and if it's not salty enough, add more salt. If you don't want the nuts to be clumped together after cooling, make sure to separate them now.
• These harden within about 20-30 minutes but let them cool for about 2 hours before placing them in an airtight container. When not kept in an airtight container, they start to get a little sweaty. Can be kept at room temperature for several weeks.