Iced Almonds

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A great festive season present. From The Best of Country Cooking 1999. Don't they look gorgeous? Hubby loves it. I added a wee bit of cinnamon with the sugar and almonds.

by Vnut-Beyond Redempt·published 2004-03-19

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Servings

4 cups

Total time

10 min

prep 10 min

Calories / serving

815 kcal

Ingredients (5)

serves

1/4 cup butterbutter
2 1/2 cups unblanched whole almondsalmond
1 cup sugarsugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extractvanilla-extract

Instructions (8 steps)

01Melt butter over medium-high heat.
02Add sugar and almonds and cinnamon if using.
03Stir constantly for around 10 minutes or till the sugar turns golden brown.
04(I kept stirring till the nuts were coated and the sugar was almost all dissolved: about 15 mins but I used the smallest gas burner) Remove from heat.
05Add extract.
06Immediately drop in clusters or separately nuts on greased baking pan.
07Cool.

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