Recipe #59 - Candied Nuts

The day that I made these, I was headed to the dentist to get a broken tooth fixed.  So I hurried and made them in the morning, knowing that I might not get to try them later that day.  Brilliant, right?  Eating candied nuts with a cracked tooth?  Luckily, I didn't make it worse.  Not my most intelligent moment.

You can find this recipe on page 254 or online here.

In a skillet, you combined brown sugar, corn syrup and butter.  (I tripled this recipe, by the way.)

Stir until it comes together and starts to bubble. 

Then add the nuts and stir to coat.

Be so careful as you stir this up.  The caramel is crazy hot.  I had a little piece of the caramel sitting on the top of the pan and bumped it with my knuckle.

 I got an instant blister on my knuckle and hit hurt like nobody's business!  Avoid that caramel!  (Guess it could have been worse.  I could have reached in for a taste and burnt a whole lot more finger!)

You continue to cook these on the stove for another 5-7 minutes, stirring continually.  Then pour them out onto foil, parchment paper, or waxed paper to cool.

Once they have cooled completely, you break them apart and enjoy!

These tended to be more of an adult favorite at the party I took them to, but I think that nuts typically are.  But here's the HUGE thing...my two girls don't like nuts -- at all!  When I told them that these were candied nuts, they wanted to try them.  This was shocking for me.  Shocking!  But here's the kicker, they liked them and asked for more.  Who would have thought that a little caramel coating would have such magical powers?