Healthy Nut Brittle
Most homemade and packaged nut brittle is not what you’d call a healthy snack. This one is different. I was taking a cooking class at Bauman College three years ago when I discovered this recipe. I have made this too many times to count, people love it. In fact, I have friends who have asked me to make it for them so they can give it away as a gift! If you can’t figure out what to get that certain someone for Christmas, this is a great gift idea.
Ingredients:
2 cups sunflower seeds
1 cup sliced almonds
1/2 cup crushed cashews
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
½ cup sesame seeds
½ cup flax seeds
1 tablespoon fennel seeds
1 tablespoon anise seeds
1/3 cup maple syrup
(You may need to add a tablespoon more of maple syrup…every piece should have a thin coat for sticking together after syrup hardens.)
NOTE: All nuts and seeds should be raw.
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
3. Put half the syrup in a big mixing bowl.
4. Add sunflower seeds. Mix until well coated.
5. Add remaining nuts. Fold and mix well.
6. Add remainder of maple syrup and coat thoroughly.
7. Spread mixture evenly on the cookie sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes.
8. Check at 15 minutes and if the nuts are toasted and hardened in the center (not soft and sticky) pull it out of the oven.
9. Let cool. Break apart. Get ready for more…yum.
Enjoy!