The Amish Cashew Crunch is as tasty as it looks. Grease a cookie sheet lightly with butter and set aside. Combine the sugar, corn syrup, and butter in a large pan over low heat until the mixture comes to a bowl. in color and has a temperature of 290°F. Transfer the mixture to a counter and mix in the nuts immediately.
In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the butter, sugar, salt and corn syrup. Cook, stirring until butter is melted. Stir in the cashews, and increase the heat to high. Heat to 300 to 310 degrees F (149 to 154 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle threads.
One of the tastiest keto nuts on the block, but one of the highest in carbs. For 100 grams, cashews have 22 net carbs. This makes them one of the trickiest nuts to crack, so to speak, for a keto recipe, but one that’s most worth it.
Cashew crunch, peanut brittle, or any kind of crunch are among my favorite categories of Pecans are expensive, but, yes, you could use them, just swap out the cashews in the recipe for pecans, black walnuts, or even Spanish peanuts. But this recipe does work especially well with cashews in delivering taste and affordability!