Cinnamon Spiced Walnuts
A quick and easy candied walnuts recipe. They are cinnamon spiced and are delicious by themselves or on yogurt or ice cream.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups walnuts * see note
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º F.
- Place the walnuts on a baking sheet in a single layer. Bake for 10 minutes or until lightly brown.
- In a saucepan over medium heat add the sugar, water, salt, and ground cinnamon.
- Place a candy thermometer in the pan and allow the ingredients to melt. DO NOT STIR until it reaches 238 degrees. (This will take roughly 8 minutes.)
- Remove from heat and immediately stir the hot sugar mixture into the walnuts.
- Lightly spray a cooled baking sheet with non-stick spray. Spoon the walnut mixture onto it. (You can put the mixture onto parchment paper if you prefer for cooling.)
- After the walnut mix has cooled you can serve whole or crush them into small pieces and place in a serving dish. Snack on it, or add it as a topper to yogurt or ice cream!
Notes
- You can use walnut halves or pieces in this recipe.
- If you prefer, you can use pecans or any nuts you have on-hand. If you want to get fancy, you can add seeds like chia and sunflower to make a brittle.
- If your nuts mix turns out sticky, it means you didn't cook the sugar mixture until it was hot enough. To fix sticky nuts, place them onto a parchment paper lined cookie sheet and bake at 325º F for 5-15 minutes. Allow them to cool.
- These nuts will keep in an air-tight container up to 5 days. If you freeze them they will keep up to 2 months.
SPECIAL NOTE
Please know that every gluten free flour blend has a different starch to grain ratio. If you use a blend I didn't test, you may need to adjust your moisture levels in your baked goods.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 257kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 4gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 98mgPotassium: 132mgFiber: 2gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 7IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 34mgIron: 1mg
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