Maple Walnut Bars

I had a bag of leftover walnuts in the cupboard, so I looked around for a recipe to use them up. I found this one on "livforcake.com" - maple walnut bars.  The result is a brownie-style bar with lots of maple flavor.  You can drizzle more maple syrup on top if you just can't get enough maple!

Ingredients

1/2 cups rolled oats
6 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup pure maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup flour
1 cup chopped walnuts, divided

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8x8 inch pan and line with parchment paper.
Pulse oats in a food processor until coarse.
In large bowl, whisk together melted butter and sugar until smooth. Add maple syrup, vanilla and egg. Whisk until well combined. Fold in oats, flour and salt. Fold in 1/2 cup walnuts.
Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup walnuts on top. Bake for 30 minutes or until edges are golden and center is set.
Cool completely on wire rack and cut into bars.

Harvest Spiced Nuts

Ingredients

1 egg white
2/3 cup sugar
Salt
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 dashes Worchestshire sauce
3 cup assorted nuts


Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Whisk egg white with 1 Tablespoon water in small bowl until frothy. In small bowl, combine sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoon salt., pumpkin pie spice and cayenne pepper. Toss nuts in the egg white mixture and then in the sugar mixture. Toss well. Add 2 dashes Worchestshire sauce and toss again.
Spoon nuts onto prepared baking sheet in small clusters. Bake until golden - about 30 - 35 minutes.
Cool completely and break into small pieces.

Swedish Nuts

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter

2 egg whites

A pinch of salt

1 cup sugar

4 cups pecan halves

2 teaspoons vanilla

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

Heat oven to 300 degrees F.

Place egg whites in mixing bowl; sprinkle salt on top and beat until soft peaks form.

Gradually add sugar, cinnamon and vanilla.

Fold in pecans.

Place stick of butter in large baking sheet with sides (so butter doesn't run all over), Place in oven until butter melts.

Spread pecan mixture over the melted butter in pan. Don't mix the butter and pecan mixture together.

Cook 15 minutes and then stir the mixture.

Bake another 10 minutes. Repeat until the nuts separate and all of the butter is absorbed. This may take up to 45 minutes.