Chinese Peanut Candy
Ingredients
- 500 g Peanut
- 250 g White sugar
- 250 g Maltose
- 50 g Sesame seeds (toasted)
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 150 g Water
- Servings: About 2 medium CNY cookies bottle of Peanut Candy
Instructions
- Oven bake the peanuts at 150°C for 10 minutes. Occasionally stirring.
- In a pot, put water, salt, maltose and sugar, stir until all the sugar dissolves using low heat. Once the sugar has dissolved, increase the heat to medium and bring to boil.
- Continue boiling until the candy thermometer reaches 160°C. If you do not have a thermometer, take some syrup out and let it blow under the fan, if it hardens, you can continue to proceed to the next step.
- Add the baked peanuts , toasted sesame seeds and transfer the peanut to a lightly baking paper. Put another lightly greased baking paper on top, use a rolling pin. Cut using a pizza cutter while the candy is warm but not yet set.