My toasted walnuts were a success! Not exactly the texture I was going for, but they were very tasty with the spinach salad topped with blue cheese crumbles, Craisins. When I made the candied walnuts, i first toasted them for approximately 5 minutes at 450 degrees in my mini oven. While doing so I started to heat white sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon in a sauce pan. A few minutes into the process I discovered that brown sugar has a higher melting point so I was likely to burn the white sugar before the brown sugar even started to melt so I added some corn syrup because I saw it in another recipe. It immediately melted so I added the toasted nuts to coat. I was sure to separate them quickly after coating so they didn't stick together.
Next time I try this I will put the brown sugar in first, melt, and THEN add the white sugar. I used 1 cup sugar total. No, I didn't measure the vanilla or cinnamon.
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