Orange Walnuts

Name: Orange Walnuts
Yield: Makes about 1 pound
Ingredients: 1½ c. sugar; Few drops yellow food color (optional); ½ c. orange juice; 3 c. walnut halves; 1 tsp. grated orange peel; ½ tsp. vanilla

Preparation info

Makes about
1 pound

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

Flavor secret is fresh orange juice

Ingredients

1½ c. sugar
½ c. orange juice
Few drops

Snack
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Combine sugar and orange juice in 2-qt. heavy saucepan. Cook to soft ball stage (240°). Add a little food color to tint a delicate orange.
Remove from heat, add orange peel, vanilla and walnut halves. Stir until syrup begins to look cloudy. Before it hardens, spread mixture on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet so nuts do not overlap. When cool, break in bite-size