Sweet and Sassy Popcorn and Nuts
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 2 cups roasted unsalted nuts (peanuts, mixed, almonds, cashews, or your favorite nut)
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
-
Sugared popcorn
- 1⁄2 cup popcorn
- 1⁄4 cup vegetable oil
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- salt, for seasoning
directions
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
- In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the sugar and water.
- Heat and stir the mixture until the sugar is dissolved.
- Remove the saucepan from the stove.
- When the mixture has cooled, stir in the nuts to coat with the sugar mixture.
- Add the salt and cayenne pepper…taste and adjust seasoning if needed.
- Place a piece of parchment on a baking sheet.
- Spread the nuts out onto the sheet and place them in the oven to dry.
- Remove and cool. Set aside until you pop the popcorn.
- In a pot with high sides and a tight fitting lid, add the oil and brown sugar. Stir to combine.
- Toss in 3 kernels of popcorn and with the lid off, heat the oil and kernels on high heat.
- When the first two kernels of popcorn have popped, remove the pot from the stove and add the remaining popcorn kernels and place the lid on the pot.
- Return the pot to the stove and begin shaking the pot constantly until you can not long hear the popcorn pop.
- Remove the pot from the stove immediately, and carefully pour the popcorn into a large bowl.
- Sprinkle with salt.
- Add the cooled nuts to the popcorn and toss to combine.
- Enjoy!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
dojemi
United States