Sugared Peanuts

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    1

    pound
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

  • About

Sugary peanuts with glint of gold

Ingredients

  • c. sugar
  • 1 c. water
  • 1 c.

Method

  • Combine 1 c. sugar and ½ c. water in 1½-qt. heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil stirring constantly. If sugar crystals form on sides of pan, wipe them off. Add peanuts; cook and stir over low heat until syrup becomes grainy.
  • Remove from heat and pour into coarse sieve, reserving the loose sugar. Keep peanuts warm in oven that has been heated to 250° then turned off.<