Ingredients
¼ cup white sugar
¼ cup brown sugar
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons vanilla
2 cups walnut halves
2 tablespoons butter
Instructions
- Prepare baking sheet or tray lined with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a skillet or pot over medium heat, combine brown sugar, white sugar, butter, salt, cinnamon and vanilla. Stir occasionally. It will start turning into a dark syrup once the butter has melted and sugar caramelized. Once the sugar is no longer grainy, reduce heat to low and stir in the walnuts.
- Quickly stir walnuts until evenly coated. Try to separate each walnut while stirring. This is easily done if walnuts are not overcrowded.
- Pour candied walnuts on prepared tray with parchment paper. Quickly separate walnuts before the caramel hardens using two wooden spoons.
- Allow walnuts to cool completely. Break apart any remaining clumps. Store in an airtight container for up to three weeks.
