Best Kahlua Crystallized Nuts Recipes

KAHLUA CRYSTALIZED NUTS

Steps:

• Place nuts in shallow pan and toast in 300 degrees F oven for 20 minutes, stirring once. Turn into lightly buttered hot metal bowl or large saucepan. In 1 quart saucepan, combine remaining ingredients and bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Insert candy thermometer; bring to hard crack stage (300 degrees F). Pour over toasted nuts; stir with buttered metal spoon to coat evenly. Spread, in single layer, on buttered jelly roll pan. Cool; separate in small chunks. Store in air-tight container. * For macadamias, rub off excess salt. Toast 10 minutes only. Add nuts toward end of syrup cooking time. Heat but do not cook further.

KAHLUA CRYSTALLIZED NUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Heat oven 275 degrees, place nuts in shallow pan and heat 20 minutes, mixing after 10. (If using macadamia nuts and walnuts add them only for the last 10 minutes they are oily and can burn).
• In a large saucepan (you will be mixing the nuts in this at the end) combine sugar, Kahlua, corn syrup and butter using a wooden spoon stirring constantly and scraping sides to get all sugar crystals melted. Sugar mixture will need to boil at least 15 minutes before you need to insert candy thermometer, keep stirring until (300 degrees F- hard-crack stage) It is very important to get all the way to 300 or the candy will be gritty and soft.
• Take off heat, pour in nuts, stirring quickly then pour mixture out onto large cookie sheet lightly sprayed with 'pam'. Scraping all candy out and gently spreading out candy with wooden spoon. Let cool until you can handle and break into smaller chunks. Store in airtight tin.

KAHLUA PECANS

Steps:

• 1. 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. 2. Prepare a large jelly roll pan by lining it with foil and spraying with no-stick spray. 3. Combine the sugar, salt and cinnamon in a bowl, set aside. Combine the egg white and the liqueur in a large bowl, stir well with a whisk. Add the pecans, and stir well. Add sugar mixture to bowl, and stir well to coat. 4. Spread onto prepared jelly roll pan in a single layer. 5. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until pecans are lightly toasted and browned, stirring every 10 minutes. It will look like the coating is coming off (it's not). Stir from the outside in to keep pecans on the edges from burning, and watch closely since sugar burns easily. 6. Remove from oven, transfer immediately to wax paper to cool. Pecans keep for two weeks in an airtight container. 7. Makes 4 cups.

KAHLUA® SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Spread yams into a casserole dish. Pour milk over yams and sprinkle with brown sugar. Dot yams with butter pieces. Pour coffee-flavored liqueur over the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until heated through and bubbling, about 30 minutes.

EASY SWEET POTATOES WITH KAHLUA

Steps:

• Place the sweet potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and allow to steam dry for a minute or two.
• Return the pot to the stove over medium heat. Add the butter and brown sugar; cook and stir about 5 minutes until the sugar begins to caramelize. The sugar will be foamy at first, then the foam will subside and the sugar will begin to caramelize; cook until the color darkens slightly. Carefully stir in the coffee liqueur, then return the potatoes to the pot. Stir in the raisins and toasted pecans until the potatoes are slightly mashed and everything is well mixed.