Recipe: Glazed Walnuts (toasted and glaze, using cinnamon and vanilla)

GLAZED WALNUTS
From: Kathy Kinman

Very simple, but everyone goes "NUTS" :) over these.

1 large package walnut halves
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons water

Place walnuts on cookie tray in oven at 350 degrees F for 8 minutes.

Meanwhile, combine sugar, cinnamon, salt and the 5 tablespoons water in a large saucepan. Boil to soft ball stage (use candy tester or drop a small amount into cold water... when you can make a soft ball out of the drop, it is done)

Remove nuts from oven. Working QUICKLY, remove the saucepan from the heat. Add the vanilla and the walnuts. Stir to coat evenly and quickly turn out onto a sheet of tin foil. Try to separate the nuts as quickly as you can without burning yourself.

Keep in jar with tight fitting lid after they have cooled.