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Snowdrift Vanilla Porter Beer Nuts ~ from Sumptuous Spoonfuls #beer #nuts #recipe

Snowdrift Vanilla Porter Beer Nuts


Ingredients

Scale
  • 5 cups dry roasted peanuts
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1 cup Leinenkugel Snowdrift Vanilla Porter (or other vanilla porter)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • sea salt

Instructions

  1. Bring all ingredients except salt to a boil in a large sauce pan. Reduce heat to medium or medium-high and boil until almost all of the liquid is absorbed, stirring frequently (approximately 30 minutes). The beer and sugar will turn into a sweet sticky caramel mess. This is as it should be!
  2. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees. Spread the sticky nuts on a rimmed baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray. (Or if you have a nonstick silicone baking mat, I would recommend lining the pan with that!) Sprinkle the sticky brown nuts lightly with coarse sea salt.
  3. Bake for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from oven and sprinkle with a bit more salt. Bake for 20 more minutes. Remove baking sheet and let cool completely.
  4. Once the nuts have cooled, break them into small chunks. If you have trouble with them sticking to the pan, use a pastry cutter to scrape them off the pan–it works! (Next time I’ll remember to use my silicone baking mat!) Store in an airtight container (a tin works great).