Candied Bacon Cashews Recipes

AMAZING CANDIED BACON RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet pan with a silicone liner, parchment paper or foil. Lay the uncooked bacon sliced onto the pan. In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, cracked black pepper, cayenne pepper, and crushed red pepper flakes. Stir to combine.
• Sprinkle the sugar mixture over the bacon slices, fully coating all of the slices. Using your hands, gently pat the sugar down onto the slices of bacon.
• Bake for 30-40 minutes or until brown and crispy. Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes. Check at 30 minutes and if it isn't as crisp as you'd like, put it back in for the full 40.Carefully transfer the bacon from the baking sheet pan to a cooling rack and let cool for another 10 minutes.
• Preheat air fryer to 400°F. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, pepper, cayenne pepper, and red pepper flakes. Mix well.
• Sprinkle mixture all over bacon and pat down.
• Spray air fryer with olive oil, then add bacon and fry for 8 minutes, checking halfway through at 4 minutes to see if any of the bacon needs any rearranging to crisp up.
• Serve and enjoy!

SWEET AND SALTY BACON AND NUTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Cook the bacon over medium heat in a large skillet until brown and crisp, 8 to 9 minutes. Remove the bacon using a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Pour 1/4 cup of the bacon fat on a heavy rimmed baking sheet and spread evenly.
• Beat the egg white and salt until just foamy using a whisk in a medium bowl. Gradually add the sugar and beat until just blended. Add the almonds, walnuts and cayenne pepper. Toss until the nuts are coated.
• Spread the nut mixture in a single layer on the baking sheet. Bake until the nuts are crisp and brown, about 35 minutes, turning and stirring the nut mixture with a metal spatula every 10 to 15 minutes. Cool for 2 hours.
• Transfer the nut mixture to a bowl; add the bacon pieces and toss to blend. This recipe can be prepared 1 day ahead and stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

EASY CANDIED CASHEWS

Steps:

• Add the butter to a small saucepan over medium heat and let it melt.
• Add the sugar and cashews.
• Stir the mixture frequently (it burns easily so watch it closely) until the sugar melts and caramelizes over the nuts. Once all the sugar has melted and coated the nuts, they're done.
• Spread them onto a plate or piece of parchment paper so they don't all stick together. Some will clump together, which is fine.
• Allow them to cool then store them in a sealed container.

CANDIED BACON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix brown sugar, rice vinegar, maple syrup, and black pepper in a small bowl.
• Place bacon slices on cooling rack set over a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes, turn slices, and bake another 5 minutes.
• Remove bacon and brush both sides with brown sugar mixture. Return bacon to the oven and bake another 5 minutes. Repeat basting every 5 minutes until bacon is browned and crisp, about 35 minutes.

CINNAMON SUGAR CANDIED CASHEWS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300F. Line a baking sheet with a Silpat or parchment paper. Don't skip lining your baking sheet; set aside.
• To a large bowl, add the egg white, water and whisk vigorously until very frothy, foamy, and bubbly, about 2 minutes by hand.
• Add the nuts and stir to coat.
• Add the sugars, cinnamon, salt, and optional cayenne, and stir to coat evenly.
• Turn nuts out onto to prepared baking sheet, spreading them in an even flat layer.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes (I baked 28 minutes); don't overbake or nuts can burn. Coating will appear bubbly, quite soupy and wet in the center of tray even when nuts are ready to be pulled from oven. It will seem like nuts should bake longer so the coating dries out more, but it firms up dramatically as nuts cool. As always, use your judgment and let your nose and eyes be your guide to doneness.
• Allow nuts to cool on baking tray for at least 30 minutes. Ideally, leave nuts on baking tray and exposed to air to cool overnight; this helps them get extra crispy and crunchy.
• When nuts are cool enough to handle, break apart large clusters.
• Transfer nuts to airtight containers or jars.

CANDIED BACON AND CURRY CASHEW MIX

Steps:

• Cook and stir bacon and sugar in a skillet over medium-high heat until bacon is crisp and sugar has caramelized, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat; add cashews, curry powder, and garlic powder. Cook and stir until fragrant and warmed, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Mix bacon and seasoned cashews together in a bowl.

PALEO CANDIED BACON WITH CASHEWS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil and place a wire rack onto the baking sheet. Spread the 6 slices of bacon evenly over the wire rack.
• Cook bacon for 10 minutes and remove from the oven. Reduce heat to 350 degrees.
• Using a paper towel, blot the oil from the top of the bacon. Spread ½ of the maple syrup over each slice of bacon (you only need a small amount of maple syrup here). Next, sprinkle half of the coconut sugar over the bacon slices, as well as a sprinkle of cayenne pepper.
• Return bacon to the oven and cook for 10 minutes. Remove bacon, flip, and blot the oil from the other side of the bacon. Add another thin layer of maple syrup, coconut sugar, and cayenne pepper. Sprinkle the chopped cashews over the bacon slices.
• Return bacon to the oven and cook for an additional 12-15 minutes, until the bacon is well cooked but not burnt. (Keep an eye on the bacon after 10 minutes as it can go from done to overdone quickly.)
• Remove the bacon from the oven and allow it to cool on the wire rack until it firms up. (You can move it around a bit while it's still warm so that it doesn't stick to the rack as it cools.) Candied bacon is best served on the day it is made.

CANDIED BACON CASHEWS

Steps:

• Combine sugar and water in a saucepan and heat until boiling. Add the cashews and stir continuously. When the water evaporates and the sugar is caramelized, stir in the bacon. Turn off the heat and add the bacon fat and butter, and smoked salt to taste Transfer to greased cookie sheet to cool, then break apart.

CANDIED CASHEWS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300F.
• Mix the cinnamon and sugars in a bowl and set aside.
• With a hand whisker, beat the egg whites until frothy, about 1 minute. Add the water and whisk for about an extra minute.
• Add the nuts to the egg whites and toss to evenly coat the nuts.
• Add the sugar mixture into the nuts and toss to evenly coat.
• Spread the nuts on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and baker for 25-30 minutes. Use a wooden spoon to mix the nuts halfway through baking.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool.

CANDIED CASHEWS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Place the cashews on a baking sheet and place in the oven. Toast the cashews for 10 minutes, or until golden brown. Be sure to watch the cashews carefully so they don't burn! Remove the cashews from the oven and cool. In a saucepan (copper works best), add the sugar and the water. Bring the mixture to a boil. Once the mixture is boiling and the sugar has dissolved, add the cashews. Continue cooking the mixture, stirring constantly. The sugar will thicken, and then become granular again, continue stirring. The sugar will then begin to turn back into a clear liquid. When all of the sugar has turned into a clear liquid, remove the pan from the heat, stirring constantly. Once the sugar begins to turn a golden color, spoon the nuts onto a parchment paper lined sheet pan. Allow to cool.;

CANDIED BACON CASHEWS

Steps:

• Combine sugar and water in a saucepan and heat until boiling. Add the cashews and stir continuously. Use a pastry brush dipped in water to occasionally with the inside of the pot. When the water evaporates and the sugar is caramelized, stir in the bacon. Turn of the heat and add the bacon fat and butter, add the smoked salt to taste. Transfer to a greased cookie sheet to cool, then break apart.