I love candied nuts. I have never really wanted to know how to make them because first of all, I thought they would be complicated to make, and also, I knew if I made them, I would eat way to many of them. Well, to my surprise, they were so easy to make, and too an even bigger surprise, I didnt eat too many, I ate them all. They were just so good. I wont be making them in the near future, because they are addictive. i made mine really plain with just sugar, but I think they would be great with cinnamon or even red pepper flakes, to give them a spicy kick.
Walnuts are super healthy as are all tree nuts, and although they are great mixed into yogurt, baked in a dessert, blended into a pesto or candied, consuming them alone is a great idea too. Nutrients that just 25 grams of walnuts provide, are abundant.
Regular intake of walnuts in diet help to lower total as well as LDL or "bad cholesterol" and increase HDL or "good cholesterol" levels in the blood, so they are very heart healthy. They are also very high in vitamin E which serves as an important antioxident. Walnuts are also packed with many important B-Complex groups of vitamins such as riboflavin, niacin, thiamin, vitamin B-6 and folates. So if there is no time to cook, or mix into something good, just grab a handful and eat them on there own. In the meantime check out how easy this candied recipe really is.
ingredients
1 cup walnuts $2.40
1/2 cup granulated sugar .33
recipe(you wont believe how easy)
heat skillet on medium
place both walnuts and sugar in skillet
start moving around the spoon immediately making sure the nuts are getting fully covered by the sugar
slowly the sugar will begin to carmelize, dont stop mixing
keep moving spoon, until sugar is completelyt csrmelized and walnuts are a golden brown
you have successfully candied walnuts
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