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Sugar Coated Peanuts
Originated from: Ascali Piceno, Marche, Italy
Occasion: Christmas, special times
Contributed by: Micheline Di Gerolomo

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Ingredients

1 cup regular unsalted peanuts
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup water



Directions

Place all the ingredients in a frying pan, mix well. Cook on medium heat on a stove burner. Keep stirring the ingredients until all the sugar is melted and sticks to the peanuts -- this takes about 15 to 20 minutes.



Place the sugar-coated peanuts on a greased cookie pan (or a pan sprayed with Pam) and let the nuts cool.

After the nuts cool (This takes about 10 to 15 minutes) separate the nuts from each other.

Serve at room temperature.


Notes

The sugar-coated peanuts were prepared by Micheline Di Gerolomo who isn't absolutely sure peanuts were used in this recipe in delle Marche prior to World War II (though they are now being used there). In any case almonds were prepared in this way. Photo: Mary Melfi.

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