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Crispy Sugared Walnuts

3 cups walnut halves

1 Tbs Butter

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup water

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

Heat walnut halves on cookie sheet in moderate oven (375-F) for 5 minutes, stirring once. 

Butter sides of heavy 2-quart saucepan.

In saucepan, combine sugar, water, cinnamon and salt.

Heat and stir until sugar dissolves and mixture boils. Using candy thermometer, cook without stirring to softball stage (236-F degrees). 

Remove from heat. 

Beat by hand about 1 minute or until mixture just begins to get creamy. Add vanilla and the warm walnut halves.

Stir gently till walnut halves are well coated and mixture becomes creamy. 

Turn out on buttered platter or cookie sheet.Separate at once using two spoons or forks.

Let cool. Makes about 1 pound of crunchy Sugared Walnuts. 

LJPM, This is from a 1969 b.C. cook book,Spicy Sugared Nuts: 1T. egg white, 2 c. pecans or walnots,1/4 c. sugar,1T cinnamon,Heat oven to 300, place nuts in a small boul; pour egg white over nuts and stir untill nuts are covered and sticky. Mix sugar and cinnamon: sprinkle over nuts, stirring untill sugar mixture completely coats the nuts. Spread on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 30 minutes.   Makes about 2c.