Here is a fun neighbor or teacher gift idea…
Every time we go to a major event center (aka Boise State Basketball games, concerts and the Idaho Center, Woman’s week at the Marriott Center) it seems like they have roasted nuts. The cinnamon and sugar aroma permeates the event center and I can not help but go and get me some cinnamon roasted nuts.
I think roasted nuts would be a fun “special event” Father’s Day Gift. You can package them up super cute in a gift tin, gift box or gift bag and give them to your special Dad.
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Pecans
- 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
- 1/2 Cup White Sugar
- 2 Tablespoon Butter
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- Pinch of Salt
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla
- 1/2 Cup Water
Instructions
- 1. Chop up two cups of nuts. Pecans or Almonds.
- 2. In a medium pan combine sugars, butter, cinnamon and salt over medium heat.
- 3. Add water and bring to a boil, let boil for 1-2 minutes.
- 4. Add vanilla and nuts and stir together.
- 5. Pour nuts out in a cookie sheet or jelly roll pan. To keep nuts from sticking to the pan use a silpat on the pan.
- 6. Broil nuts in the oven on low heat stirring constantly until the sugar hardens and is no longer sticky.
I bought my pecan nuts from Vitacost. But you could also get some from amazon or your local store. This recipes is good with pecans and almonds
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Some roasted nut recipes only call for white sugar, but I thought it would be fantastic to do both brown and white sugar and it WAS!
The raw nuts were pretty sticky when you take them out of the sugar mixture so my silpat was the perfect surface to put them on to keep them from sticking to my baking sheet.
These are perfect containers to give roasted nuts as a gift.
- CandleScience Medium Candle Tin, 12 piece
- Clear Top Round Tin (2in. in diameter x 7/8in. tall) – pack of 12
- Empty Tin, 8 oz (JUMBO), PACK OF 6
So what are you waiting for? Order some pecans or almonds and some cute tins! They will arrive in 2 days and you can make Candy Roasted Pecans just in time for Father’s Day!