Minted Walnuts

Ingredients

• 1 c granulated sugar
• 12 c water
• 1 Tbsp light corn syrup
• 18 tsp salt
• 6 marshmallows
• 12 tsp essence of peppermint or 3 drops oil of peppermint
• 3 c walnut halves almonds may be used

Directions

1. Cook together slowly sugar water corn syrup and salt Remove from heat just
2. before
3. it
4. reaches
5. soft
6. ball
7. when a little is dropped
8. in
9. cold
10. water
11. at 230
12. Add marshmallows cut in pieces and
13. stir until they are melted
14. Add mint and nutmeats and stir
15. with
16. circular
17. motion
18. until
19. every nut is coated with the
20. mixture
21. Pour
22. out onto wax paper
23. Separate nuts
24. Can be kept in tightly covered jar for some time