Homemade Beer Nuts

Ingredients

• 13 cups Water
• 1- 1/2 cup Sugar
• 16 ounces
• weight Cocktail Peanuts
• 1 Tablespoon Flaky Sea Salt

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
2. In a medium saucepan over medium to medium-high heat, stir together water, sugar and peanuts.
3. Bring to a boil.
4. Boil, stirring regularly, until water is absorbed.
5. It will turn from a syrupy consistency to a grainy sugar consistency.
6. Remove from heat.
7. Spread peanuts out onto a rimmed 11 x 17 pan, breaking up any large pieces of peanuts that have clumped together.
8. Sprinkle with sea salt.
9. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes for a lighter coating and crunch, or 30 minutes for a deeper darker coating, stirring after the first 15 minutes.
10. Remove from oven.
11. Let peanuts cool on then pan.
12. Store in an airtight container once completely cooled.
13. Slightly adapted from Moms recipe box.