John'S Spiced Nuts - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
1/3 c. water
1/4 c. light corn syrup
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. allspice
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 c. English walnuts or pecan halves
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Grease a 15 x 10 x 1-inch jelly roll pan.
In a heavy 2-quart saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly, cook sugar, water, syrup, salt, allspice and cinnamon until mixture boils.
Stir occasionally.
Cook to firm, soft ball stage (235\u00b0) on a candy thermometer.
Take off heat.
Add nuts and vanilla.
Stir until mixture begins to thicken and gets lighter in color.
Pour into prepared jelly roll pan.
Working quickly with 2 forks, separate nut halves, each one from the other.
Cool completely.
Store in airtight container.
Makes about 1 pound.