Maple Allspice Beer Nuts Recipes

MY BEER NUTS

Steps:

• Bring peanuts, sugar, salt and water to a boil.
• Continue to boil until all liquid is absorbed. (aprox. 25-30 min).
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• Spread nuts on lightly greased jelly roll pan and sprinkle with salt to your liking and.
• bake 20 minutes.
• Remove from oven and gently stir, sprinkle with more salt to your liking and bake 20 minutes more.
• Cool completely and store in an airtight container.

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.

SWEET CRUNCHY NUTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 275 degrees.
• Have a 15-1/2 X 10-1/2 inch jelly roll pan ready.
• Beat egg whites in a large bowl with electric mixer until soft peaks form when beaters are lifted.
• Gradually add sugar, beating until whites are stiff and glossy.
• Stir in butter; add nuts and toss to coat well.
• Spread in ungreased pan.
• Bake 1 hour or until meringue is dry, stirring every 15 minutes to separate nuts.
• Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
• Store tightly covered at room temperature up to 2 months.
• (If they last that long!).

MAPLE SPICE NUTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Heat oil in large skillet (I use cast iron) over high heat. Add almonds; saute, stirring 2 to 3 minutes, until almonds begin to brown. Add pecans; saute 1 minute. Add peanuts; saute 1 minute more.
• Lower heat to medium-high. Sprinkle nuts with salt, coriander, black pepper and cayenne pepper; toss to coat nuts.
• Pour maple syrup over nuts, saute until syrup is evaporated and nuts are lightly caramelized, 1 minute. Spoon into 15 x 10 x 1 inch baking pan or cookie sheet.
• Bake in 350 degree oven, tossing occasionally, for 30 minutes or until no longer sticky. Cool completely.

KEY LIME SPARKLER COOKIES

Steps:

• *citric acid (also known as sour salt) is what gives the cookies their sour bite-if you want less tang, use just a pinch.
• In a medium-sized bowl, beat together the butter, sugar, salt, and baking powder till well blended.
• Beat in the lime juice, lime oil, sour salt (citric acid), and the egg.
• Blend in the flour thoroughly.
• Roll the dough into 1" balls, and place them on lightly greased or parchment-lined baking sheets.
• Bake the cookies in the top third of a preheated 350°F oven for 14 to 16 minutes, until the cookies are browned on the bottom.
• Remove them from the oven, and cool on the pan for about 10 minutes before transferring to a rack.
• Mix together the sugar coating ingredients in a pan or bag.
• Gently shake and roll the still slightly warm cookies in the sugar till coated. Allow the cookies to cool completely, then repeat, coating again with the sugar.
• (If you're freezing the cookies, you may choose to recoat the cookies in sugar once they've been removed from the freezer, before serving.).

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.