Candied Almonds Recipe

For one of our family Christmas gatherings I made the famous candied almonds. You know the ones that  you smell in the mall this time of the year? I have decided I wanted to make the candied almonds and show off my talent. I did not have a recipe yet, therefore I searched the Internet. There were some pretty complicated recipes out there, along with some simpler ones. First thought that came to my mind was, the the more ingredients the better it would taste right? Wrong, I found some shorter recipes and tweaked them a little into my own. They were a total hit at the party and my daughters loved them also. That's a bonus. These could even make great gifts for next year.

The Simple Candied Almonds

Ingredients

3 cups of whole almonds.

2/3 cup of water

1 tablespoon of cinnamon 

1 cup of white sugar

Cooking Directions

1.) Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.

2.) Spread the almonds on on a baking sheet evenly. place them into the oven for 8-10 minutes. Or until they are lightly brown. They smell wonderful already once you take them out.

3.)While the almonds are in the oven browning, combine the mixture of water, white sugar and cinnamon on medium heat.

4.)Bring the mixture to a boil then reduce while stirring occasionally until it starts to look syrupy and thick.(This will take about 15 minutes.)

Careful the mixture will get very hot and sticky. Plus don't forget about the almonds.

5.)Stir in the almonds cup at a time. Make sure that they all get covered.

6.) Keep cooking the mixture with the almonds in while stirring continually until the liquid appears gone and leaves a sugar coating on the almonds. (This will take about 15 minutes.)

7.)Lay out wax or parchment paper and spread the almonds evenly with a fork as quickly as you can. Let them sit for about 15 minutes again till coating is hardened. 

8.) Enjoy!