These walnuts are really good! I mean that they are fantastic, irresistible and purely addictive. Try them and you will not be disappointed in fact you will love the results or either hate me for posting this recipe that you will not be able to stop eating even if you wanted to.
I love the salt and the sweet together. They were great on this salad. But, you don’t have to put them with anything. You could snack on them all day long. I am not kidding. I put the leftovers in a bag in the pantry and every time I was in the kitchen they kept calling my name.
I changed the recipe a bit. First of all I had no maple syrup. I just used plain pancake syrup. And I totally misread the directions and added all the spices to the syrup. After pouring them on parchment paper to dry and waiting over thirty minutes I got impatient and put them in a 325 degree oven for about 15 minutes . I loved them. They were perfectly glazed and yummy.
The second time I followed the recipe to a T. They were good, but I liked my mistake better! Here is the recipe for you to try and with the holidays coming up they will make a perfect gift!
Spicy Maple Glazed Walnuts from Shutterbean
Makes 2 cups
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- 2 cups walnuts
- In a small bowl, mix together the sugar, salt, black pepper, cayenne, ginger and cinnamon; set aside. Pour the maple syrup into a large bowl and set aside. ( I mixed these in the same bowl)
- In a large nonstick skillet, toast the walnuts over medium-high heat, stirring or shaking the pan constantly, until they are hot, about 5 minutes. Be careful not to burn. Immediately add the nuts to the maple syrup and toss to coat. Stir in the spice mixture until the nuts are evenly coated. Spread the walnuts in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet. Let cool completely before serving about 20 minutes.
- I placed them on parchment paper and after 30 minutes placed them in a 325 degree oven for about 15 minutes or until the sugar glazed.
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Happy cooking,
The Teacher Cooks
The Teacher Cooks 
Oh that sounds so delicious! I like my maple glazed walnuts just fine, but I think I’ll like to follow your recipe next time and add in some spices to spike up the flavour even more.
I like to have a bowl of spiced pecans in the kitchen when family arrives for Thanksgiving – I’ll have to try this recipe!
Looks yummy! Instead of cinnamon, I have discovered that I love Chinese 5 spice on mine and they are really yummy, too!
🙂
Valerie
I will have to try the Chinese 5 spice!
I’m going to try this with pecans….walnuts are so bitter, I’ve always thought. I rarely cook with them…isn’t that odd?
Oooh, I was just thinking of making some candied walnuts, but didn’t have a recipe. This one looks delish!
These are beautiful candied walnuts. Perfect for the holidays or entertaining. Love it! Thanks for sharing.
I absolutley love walnuts. And the idea of making them spicy just makes me want some right this second. I learned that sometimes mistakes are better then the actual thing.
I didn’t know that it was possible to burn a nut.
I learned that you shouldn’t mix the spices with the syrup right away.
Did putting the walnuts in the oven make them glaze faster? What is the difference between maple syrup and pancake syrup?
don’t mix the spices with the syrup.
I would’ve never thought that the sweetness from the maple syrup and the saltiness from the walnuts, along with the little kick from the black and cayenne pepper would make for a delicious taste!
I love walnuts!
I learned you can speed up the drying process by putting them in the oven for a bit.
can you use cashews instead of walnuts
I learned that sometimes making a mistake ends up being a really good thing, and also ends up tasting better than the original!
Is it possible to do this with pecans not to much of a fan of pecans? But its a realy good idea for a holiday or when family is visiting
I didn’t know that you would have to set them out for the sugar to glaze.
Well you learn from your mistakes and this time you learned that ur mistake was better from the original recipe but you should try new things anyway so thats good.
i didn’t know you made it with a skillet!
i didnt know there were so many ingrediants involved. im not a big fan of walnuts.
I never knew that sugar actually took time to glaze.
I learned that you can actually burn walnuts and that sometimes making a mistake can actually turn out to be a good thing!
I didn’t know that this was such a short easy fun snack
I didn’t know that you could fry or cook a walnut or any other kind of nut. I think thats a really cool cooking style.
My mom loves walnuts! I’ll be sure to try out this recipe just for her! Its weird how you can mess up a recipe yet it can turn out better than the original!
I didn’t know you could make spicy walnuts.
I just learned that making spicy walnuts is possible I bet there great
I learned that pancake syrup tastes better in this particular recipe than the maple syrup.
why spicy?
I learned that making a mistake in the recipe may end up making them taste better than how they were suppose to turn out.
I didn’t know you could burn nuts.
Did the walnuts taste sweet and spicy?
I learned that you can put them in the oven to make them dry faster.
I learned that you shouldn’t add all the spices to syrup, but it will turn out just fine anyways.
i didnt know that you could make a mistake and actually make it turn out better.
I didn’t think you could burn a walnut
I didnt know that you can make nuts spicy
its cool that putting things in the oven speeds up the drying process!
I didn’t know you could add cayenne pepper to something like a walnut and it would still taste good.
these walnuts must be super spicy because i know that cayenne pepper is a very zesty ingredient.
didnt know you had to use a non stick pan
i learned that u have to brun a walnut to get it to come out just right
i learned putting them in the oven made them dry faster.
I learned that you should not mix the spices and the syrup. The walnuts look very interesting to try.
These look extremely easy to make. And could do the same recipe but with walnuts though.
I love walnuts and now I know that I can make this recipe and eat them by hand or even put them in salad as a topper.