Oven Roasted Peanuts

Sitting around the fire pit, or watching the big game. There's always one thing my family loves to have and that's dry roasted peanuts. Well, a friend at work had her husband bring in a huge bag of dry peanuts to share with everyone in the office. My first thought was to roast them and that's exactly what I did last Saturday morning. The smell of roasting peanuts filled my house and thought I'd share what I did with y'all.

  





What you'll need:

Pre-heat your oven to 350*

Dry Peanuts - about 2 lbs should be a good size batch for munchin. You can get them at your local grocery store, usually in the produce section.

4 Tablespoons of salt (more if you like salty)

Water for soaking

So first, I washed my peanuts really well just to remove any dirt and debri. I then soaked my peanuts in water with about 4 Tablespoons of salt for an hour. I also put a pot on top of the peanuts so that they would stay submerged.

 

 

After the peanuts had soaked for an hour or so (I actually forgot about mine so they soaked a little longer) drain them well and pour them out into a paper towel or rag covered baking sheet to help dry them. I also covered them with another rag and pressed on them to help soak up as much of the excess water as possible.

Once you're satisfied with that you can just pour them off of the rag right in to the baking sheet.  Place them in your pre-heated 350* oven and bake for 45-50 minutes. I tested mine at 30 minutes and they were still a little chewy, that's why I cooked them to 50 minutes.

 Once the peanuts have cooled off you can start cracking them open and enjoying, of course I'm not that patient, so I ate some while they were warm. Enjoy y'all!