Stove top Candied Walnuts

 

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.