Recipe - Crystallized Nuts2

2 One half cup Nuts (walnuts; almonds or
pecans)
1 cup Sugar
One half cup Water
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
One half teaspoon Salt

Heat 2 One half cups nuts in moderate oven (375 degrees) for 5 minutes, stirring
once. Butter sides of heavy 2 quart casse role. In saucepan combine sugar,
water, cinnamon and salt. Heat and stir until sugar dissolves and mixture
boils. Cook without stirring to soft ball stage (236 degrees). Remove from
heat, beat by hand 1 minute or until mixture just begins to get creamy. Add
1 One half teaspoons vanilla and the nuts. Stir gently until nuts are well
coated and mixture becomes creamy. Turn out on buttered platter or cookie
sheet. Separate at once, using 2 spoons or forks. Makes about 1 pound of
nuts.
Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 236 by "Diane Geary"
diane@keyway.net on Nov 10, 1997