Oklahoma Nut Candy

Oklahoma Nut Candy

INGREDIENTS

• six cups sugar, divided
• two cups heavy cream
• half cup unsalted butter
• a quarter teaspoon baking soda
• one teaspoon vanilla
• one ½ cups chopped walnuts or pecan

PREPARATION

1. Grease a 9×13 baking dish and set aside.
2. In a small saucepan (with a heavy bottom if you have it!), pour in two cups of sugar and cook over low heat while stirring often. Cook until sugar is completely melted, about twenty minutes.
3. As sugar cooks down, add the four cups of remaining sugar and heavy cream to a large saucepan (or dutch oven, you want a big pot here!). Simmer over low heat until the sugar in your small saucepan has melted. Add melted sugar to a large saucepan with continuously stirring.
4. Bring the heat up to medium and cook mixture until two hundred forty five degrees F or softball stage.
5. Remove from heat and stir in baking soda until completely combined.
6. Add butter and vanilla. Stir until butter has melted and the mixture is smooth.
7. Let rest for twenty minutes.
8. After the mixture has rested, stir in nuts and mix until the sheen has gone. Transfer to prepared baking dish.
9. Let cool one to two hours or overnight. Cut into small squares to serve.