Caramelized Pistachio Clusters

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup natural pistachios, shelled
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter, cut into bits
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300°f.
• 2 pour boiling water to cover pistachios and let stand 1 minute and then drain.
• 3 turn nuts onto dish towel and rub off skins.
• 4 dry nuts on a cookie sheet in a 300f oven for 15 minutes.
• 5 cool thoroughly.
• 6 in medium saucepan combine nuts, sugar and butter and heat over moderate heat until the sugar begins to melt.
• 7 cook stirring constantly until sugar is light brown caramel color then remove from the heat and stir in vanilla.
• 8 working quickly with 2 teaspoons drop rounded teaspoonful of nut mixture onto buttered cookie sheet or silpat.
• 9 let stand at room temperature until hardened.
• 10 store in airtight container between sheets of waxed paper.