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Glazed Almonds Recipe

These glossy candy-coated almonds are almost like brittle but much easier to make. With the sweet and salty combination, it's hard to stop munching these delicious nuts.

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Glazed Almonds Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 20 min.

Yield: 8 Servings

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Ingredients

4 tablespoons butter, divided
2 cups blanched whole almonds
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions

Line a baking sheet with foil. Grease the foil with 1 tablespoon butter; set aside. In a large heavy skillet, combine the almonds, sugar and remaining butter. Cook and stir over medium heat for 6-8 minutes or until sugar is golden brown.
Remove from the heat; carefully stir in vanilla. Spread onto prepared baking sheet; immediately sprinkle with salt. Cool before breaking into pieces. Store in an airtight container. Yield: about 1 pound.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 ounces) equals 335 calories, 24 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 15 mg cholesterol, 216 mg sodium, 26 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 8 g protein.

Originally published as Glazed Almonds in Country Woman Christmas Annual 2001, p39

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Reviewed on Mar. 09, 2013 by mwake

Nice little recipe! Quick and easy, yet very tasty!! I used coconut sugar, which is lower glycemic and has a bit of a brown sugar taste. I also used gourmet salt to finish it. Love it! Nice that you can adjust the sugar and salt to taste as well.