How to Make Maple Walnuts
These are delicious candied walnut treats with the overlaid flavor of maple. They are a great alternative to cookies or biscuits with cream fillings and are a little daintier. They are also fabulous bazaar or fête items and make delicious gifts. This is an original 1880s recipe.
[edit] Ingredients
- 1 egg white
- Powdered/icing sugar, enough to make a filling paste
- Walnut meats, freshly halved if possible - as many as you wish to make
- 2 tbsp maple sugar
- 1 cup water
[edit] Steps
- Make the frosting filling:
- Beat the white of one egg to a stiff froth.
- Stir in enough powdered sugar to make it like hard frosting.
- Make the syrup. Boil the maple sugar in a cup of water until a syrup forms.
- Dip the walnut meats in the syrup.
- Spoon up small amounts of the filling and spread between two halves of a walnut and press down hard to join the two walnuts.
- Set aside to let the filling harden.
- Serve. Once set, the walnuts are ready for serving or for packaging as a great foodie gift.
[edit] Tips
- Dates may be prepared in this way also.
- If making a larger amount, the proportion of 2 tablespoons maple sugar to one cup water can be doubled etc. for making the syrup.
[edit] Things You'll Need
- Mixing bowl
- Mixing implement
- Saucepan
- Wooden spoon
- Knife
- Wire cake rack to place walnuts upon as the filling dries
- Lined box if giving as a gift
[edit] Sources and Citations
- Sourced from F.L. Gillette, The White House Cookbook, (1887) available in the public domain via Project Gutenberg. The eBook used for the source of this article is available for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
