Honey Crunch
Method
- Roast the peanuts at 150c for 20 to 30 minutes depending on how roasted you fancy them
- Check them every 5 minutes
- Put in a large bowl
- Once cool rub off as many skins as you can
- Roast the coconut for about 10 minutes, checking and stirring every 3 minutes or so
- Add coconut and sultanas to peanuts
- Heat the butter, honey and sugar in a pot until it reaches 121c degrees
- This is also known as the hard ball stage; it you don't have a thermometer drop a tiny bit into a glass of water and if it goes hard then it is ready
- Pour hot toffee over the peanuts etc and mix
- Press into tin
- Cut into pieces once set
- Keep in the fridge
Comments
A variation on the Alison Holst's favourite- Birdseed bars.
Thanks to Bennies Honey for providing the clover honey used in the cooking demonstration at the Otago Farmers Market
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