Lavender And Rosemary Spiced Walnuts Recipes

ROSEMARY SPICED NUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, toss nuts with butter and spread out onto a baking sheet. Bake until golden, about 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
• While nuts roast, mix rosemary, sugar, cayenne and salt in a bowl. Add nuts and toss. Serve warm or cool.

ROSEMARY WALNUTS

Steps:

• Place walnuts in a small bowl. Spritz with cooking spray. Add the seasonings; toss to coat. Place in a single layer on a baking sheet., Bake at 350° for 10 minutes. Serve warm, or cool completely and store in an airtight container.

LAVENDER AND ROSEMARY SPICED WALNUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Butter a baking pan and spread the walnuts. Bake for 5 minutes, stirring once, until lightly browned and fragrant. Set aside.
• In medium saucepan, combine the sugar, water, cinnamon, and salt. Over medium heat, boil without stirring until the mixture reads 238 degrees F (soft ball stage) on a candy thermometer. The sugar syrup is very hot, so take caution.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the lavender, rosemary, and walnuts. Work quickly and stir gently until all of the nuts are coated.
• Transfer the nuts to the buttered baking sheet and spread them in an even layer, separating them with two buttered forks.
• Cool. Stir in an airtight container at room temperature or in a heavy plastic bag in the freezer.
• *By crushing the lavender with a mortar and pestle instead of a spice grinder, you can release the essential oils and still keep the buds partially intact. This gives the nuts more visual appeal, because you can see the bits of lavender florets in the sugar coating.

SPICED LAVENDER WALNUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Spread the walnuts on parchment-lined cookie sheet. Bake 5-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Alternatively, the nuts can be lightly toasted in a skillet on the range.
• In a medium-sized saucepan, combine the sugar, water, cinnamon and salt.
• (After testing this recipe the thought ran through my head of using half of a cinnamon stick. fyi).
• Over medium heat boil the mixture *without* stirring until it reaches 238 degrees (soft-ball stage) on a candy thermometer. Be careful with this step as the sugar syrup is very hot and will burn your skin!
• Remove pan from heat and stir in the lavender, rosemary and walnuts.
• Using a buttered spatula, quickly stir until all nuts are coated.
• Transfer the walnuts to the cookie sheet and spread them singly in an even layer, separating the mixture using the buttered spatula.
• Cool.
• Store in an airtight container or in a Ziploc-type plastic bag in the refrigerator or freezer.