Home Kitchen Candied Walnuts

Ever have a salad topped with savory, sugar coated candied walnuts? If you have, high-five. For those of you who haven’t, you’re completely missing out.

Candied walnuts taste like warm bowl of sugary oatmeal.

Weird? Maybe. However my fellow oatmeal lover and youngest daughter, Malloree and I came to the same conclusion.

They are dependable crushed over ice cream, mixed into yogurt or layered in a parfait. Or snag a few for a speedy sweet treat!

TO Make Candied Walnuts Gather:

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• a pinch of kosher salt
• 1 egg white
• 8 ounces walnuts
• olive oil spray, for greasing your pan.

First, in a medium mixing bowl, combine 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg and a pinch of salt.

Whisk to combine.

Next, in a different mixing bowl, whisk an egg white with with a splash of water until frothy.

Add in 8 ounces of walnuts (or about 1 cup) into the frothy egg whites.

And toss well to coat.

Next, add the coated nuts to the bowl with the sugar.

Toss to combine, and until the sugar is all used up and coating the nuts

Spread out evenly onto a lightly sprayed metal baking sheet and bake on the middle rack of your preheated 250° oven for 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.

How to Store Candied Walnuts?

Once cool, store candied walnuts in an air-tight container.

How Long Will Candied Walnuts Last?

If store properly, these candied nuts will keep for 2 weeks or freeze for up to 1 month.

Enjoy! And if you give this Candied Walnuts recipe a try, let me know! Snap a photo and tag me on twitter or instagram!