JUST 3 SIMPLE INGREDIENTS ARE ALL YOU NEED TO MAKE THESE DELECTABLE CANDIED NUTS!
These Candied Nuts take just 5 minutes to make! Use any nuts you’d like — pecans, walnuts, cashews, you name it. Great for holiday gifting!
Caramelized Walnuts
EASY CANDIED NUTS RECIPE
You may want to double this “recipe” (quotations because I can barely call it a recipe its so easy!) for these 5-Minute Caramelized Nuts because you won’t be able to resist their caramelized crunch as they beg to be eaten sprawled out unprotected on parchment paper as they cool.
But if they make it past the tantalizing cooling phase, then these caramelized nuts are the cherry on top of salads. They make everything recipe better. And better is always better.
I’ve tried many recipes to caramelize walnuts and this is by far the easiest and most delicious, you really make these nuts, well, perfect!
Candied walnuts Ingredients:
This recipe can be used to make caramelized walnuts, caramelized cashews, caramelized pecans — whatever your heart desires!
What will you need to make the candied nuts?
Nuts: Use any nuts you like! I use walnuts.
Sugar: I prefer using granulated sugar because it caramelizes so fast.
Cinnamon: Totally optional.
Water: Just be sure to use some water.
Ingredients for this recipe:
- ⅓ cup (80 ml) of water,
- 1.85 cups (200 g) of walnuts,
- ½ cup (100 g) of sugar.
How to make candied Walnuts
Step 1: Combine. Add sugar and water to a saucepan. Stir constantly as the water and sugar melt. Sugar syrup should boil for 2-3 minutes.
Step 2: Add walnuts to a saucepan.
Step 2: Cook. Stir the walnuts and sugar melt (so it doesn’t burn).
At first the sugar clump, and then turn loose and sandy, and then start to cling to the walnuts.
Finally, you have Perfect Caramelized Walnuts in 5 minutes.
Step 3: Cool. Lastly, transfer your nuts to parchment paper to cool and use for decorating cakes and pastries.
How long do candied walnuts last?
You can store caramelized nuts in a dry bath for up to 2 weeks.
How to serve candied nuts or walnuts
Whether you made caramelized walnuts, caramelized pecans, or another kind of candied nut, there are so many ways to use them! I use caramelized nuts to decorate cakes and pastries.
Watch the video below!
