FRUITSANDVEGGIESMONDAY[]CANDIED PECANS AND WALNUTS
Good Morning #fruitsandveggiesmonday community, I hope all is well with everyone. Mondays are rolling around pretty fast now. But thanks to @lenasveganliving we have the opportunity to display our vegan recipes and thanks to our lovely host @plantstoplanks.
I seem to be on a sweet kick this week. I baked the Almond Flour Chocolate Cake, Paleo Maple Walnut Bread, and then I made these candied pecans and walnuts. I make the candied walnuts for my husband, since walnuts are his favorite nuts. The candied pecans are my son-in-laws favorite sweet snack. He was buying a container of the candied pecans from a store near his home and paying $8 for only 7 oz. My batch comes out to be about 16 oz. Heaven only knows what they used for a sweetener. My candied pecans/walnuts are sweetened with coconut sugar.
Ingredients:
1 cup coconut sugar
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of sea salt
2 tablespoons of water
1 1/2 -2 cups of pecans or walnuts
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1 teaspoon of ghee (optional)
Instructions:
Add the coconut sugar, cinnamon, salt, and water to pan. Stir the mixture until the sugar dissolves and it comes to a gentle boil. Let it boil for approximately 3 minutes. Add the pecans/walnuts and cook for another 2 minutes until the pecans/walnuts are coated with the syrup mixture. Remove pan from the heat, add the vanilla extract and the ghee and stir to evenly coat nuts. Immediately pour nut mixture onto a piece of parchment paper to cool. When cooled, break candied nuts into smaller clusters and store in a airtight container.
These candied nuts are a good healthy snack that will satisfy any sweet tooth.
Enjoy!!!!
yummy!
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It is truly a great idea to make homemade candied nuts with coconut sugar instead. The store bought are not only pricey, but also made with unhealthy refined sugar. Although, I wish you could remove the gee from your recipe, since that is animal product and against the rules, even of optional. I would suggest using raw coconut oil 🥥😍🥥
Thank you for the tip @lenasveganliving. I can omit the ghee altogether and use the coconut oil. I thought about the ghee as I was typing the list of ingredients. I do apologize for the error and I will be more careful in the future.
Thank you so much for the understanding and I am happy you like my suggestion 😊
These do look delicious! Though like Lena said coconut oil would be a great totally vegan sub! :)
So true @plantstoplanks, I have to switch between vegan and paleo and remember the differences. I will use coconut oil in my next batch. Thanks for correction.
No worries! I know there are small things like that which are hard to remember sometimes. 😉
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These are one of my favourite treats but I've never made it, thank you for sharing a healthier recipe @paleotwist :)
You are welcome @lizelle.
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