Mapleallspicebeernuts Recipes

BEER NUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• Beat the egg white with the water until soft peaks form.
• Stir in nuts.
• In another bowl, mix the rest of the ingredients.
• Sprinkle this over the nuts, toss or stir well.
• Transfer to a buttered cookie sheet and bake for 30 minutes, up to 40 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.
• You want the nuts to be dry.
• Remove from heat, cool and serve.

MAPLE PECAN SHORTBREAD SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine the flour and 1/3 cup brown sugar in a mixer. Mix in the softened butter until a dough has formed. Press into an ungreased 8x8-inch baking dish, and prick with a fork.
• Bake the shortbread in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 20 minutes. While the shortbread is baking, beat the egg in a mixing bowl along with 1/3 cup brown sugar, maple syrup, and pecans. Pour the pecan mixture over the hot crust, and return to the oven. Continue baking until firmed, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from the oven, and immediately run a knife around the edges to prevent sticking. Cool completely, then cut into 1-inch squares to serve.

MAPLE BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Sort and rinse beans; place in a 4-qt. Dutch oven. Cover with 2 qts. cold water. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat. Cover and let stand 1 hour. Drain and rinse beans. Return beans to Dutch oven; cover with remaining water. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer for 30-40 minutes or until almost tender. Drain and reserve liquid. In a 2-1/2-qt. casserole or bean pot, combine beans with all remaining ingredients. Cover and bake at 325° for 2-1/2 hours or until tender. Stir occasionally; add reserved bean liquid, if necessary.

MAPLE-ALLSPICE BEER NUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• Place peanuts into a large bowl.
• Pour maple syrup and allspice into a small saucepan and place over medium-high heat.
• Bring to a simmer and turn off heat and let cool slightly.
• Pour warm maple syrup mixture over peanuts in the bowl and stir with a wooden spoon to coat peanuts thoroughly.
• With a slotted spoon scoop peanuts from bowl and place into sieve and partially drain over the bowl while transferring peanuts onto a parchment lined baking sheet.
• Repeat process until the baking sheet is full of nuts.
• Place any extra nuts on a second baking sheet.
• Place baking sheet (s) in the oven and roast for 25-30 minutes or until mixture has darkened in colour.
• Be careful to watch that the nuts don't burn- the maple syrup will caramelize and burn easily, so it must be checked frequently.
• Pull the nuts from the oven and transfer onto a single layer of parchment on a counter and let cool.
• With a metal spatula, loosen the nuts from the paper and store in a fun bowl for eating right way or in an airtight container if making in advance.

MAPLE PICKLED BEETS AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Sterilize jars and lids
• Cook onions in a large pot of boiling water until almost tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer with a slotted spoon to a bowl, reserving cooking water. When cool enough to handle, trim root ends from onions, keeping onions intact, then slip off skins. Halve onions lengthwise.
• Add beets to water in pot and boil until almost tender, about 25 minutes. Drain and, when cool enough to handle, slip off stems and skins. Halve beets lengthwise (quarter if large).
• Bring vinegar, syrup, water, salt, star anise, and ginger to a boil in a 3-quart saucepan, then simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes.
• Drain jars upside down on a clean kitchen towel 1 minute, then invert. Fill jars with beets and onions. Remove star anise and ginger slices from pickling liquid and tuck 1 of each into side of each jar. Fill jars with pickling liquid, leaving 1/4 inch of space at top, then run a thin knife between vegetables and jar to eliminate air bubbles.
• Seal, process, and store filled jars, boiling beets and onions in jars 20 minutes.
• Let beets and onions stand in jars at least 1 week for flavors to develop.

MAPLE WALNUT BISCOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
• Beat softened butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat one egg into butter mixture until completely blended, then beat in remaining egg, 1/2 cup maple syrup, and maple extract. Stir flour mixture into butter mixture just until dough forms; fold in walnuts until just combined.
• Divide dough in half. Shape each portion of dough into a log the length of a baking sheet, and place on the prepared baking sheet. Flatten each log into a rectangle 3 inches wide and 1-inch tall.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned on the bottom and slightly cracked on top, about 30 minutes. Remove from oven to cool for 15 minutes, but leave oven on.
• Slice logs diagonally into 1/2-inch thick slices, and lay slices on their sides on the baking sheet.
• Bake biscotti in the preheated oven until lightly browned and crisp on the outside, about 8 minutes. Remove from oven; cool for a few minutes.
• Stir together 1 tablespoon melted butter and 1/4 cup maple syrup in a bowl. Stir confectioners' sugar into mixture gradually until smooth. Drizzle maple glaze lightly with a spoon over warm biscotti.

MAPLE BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Quick-soak beans:
• Cover beans with water by 2 inches in a 4-quart heavy pot and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and let stand, uncovered, 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• Drain beans and put in a 3-quart wide shallow pot or flameproof baking dish along with remaining ingredients, stirring to combine. Bring to a boil on top of stove, then cover tightly and bake in middle of oven until beans are just tender, about 2 hours. Uncover and bake until most of liquid is absorbed and top is slightly crusty, 1 to 1 1/2 hours more.