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Delicious Candied Walnuts Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 cups sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup sour cream

5 cups walnut halves or large pieces
3 tbsp grated lemon peel
Directions:
Directions:
Place sugar, salt and sour cream in a large skillet and mix thoroughly. Cook on medium high heat, stirring constantly, until it comes to a roiling boil.

Add walnuts and lemon peel and continue to stir on low heat until sugar starts to crystallize and loses gloss, about 8-10 minutes.

Turn out on to wax paper and separate immediately with forks. Allow to cool completely.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Oh my. My absolute favorite Christmas treat is this recipe from my Grandma Carrie Gabel. She mailed it to me on a postcard in 1979, addressed to Miss Kathy Calkins. It took quite some time for me to really get the hang of making these as her original recipe included terms like "soft ball stage" and "loses gloss." But I've finally got it down after only 40 years. Thank you, Grandma.

 

 

 

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