Candied Almonds

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 10 ounces whole almonds
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (for coating forks)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup water

Recipe

• 1 blanching almonds:.
• 2 cover with boiling water, let stand 1 minute, drain & rinse with cold water, pop nuts out of skin.
• 3 spread almonds in a single layer & let dry overnight.
• 4 candying almonds:.
• 5 warm nuts for a couple minutes in oven at 250f, do not toast them (this step is just to take any chill out of them).
• 6 heat sugar & water in heavy stainless steel frying pan over med high heat.
• 7 cook to softball stage, 235 - 240f on candy thermometer.
• 8 add almonds & stir, lower heat to med low, continue stirring nuts.
• 9 nuts will be glossy, then the sugar will turn milky & start to crystalize & look sandy.
• 10 continue cooking & stirring nuts, the nuts will toast, the sugar will melt again & start to caramelize.
• 11 once the sugar has caramelized, pour nuts onto a parchment lined cookie sheet, pull apart using oiled forks.
• 12 if candy starts to harden, just flatten nuts out as best you can.
• 13 let cool, then break apart any nuts that were stuck together.
• 14 store in an airtight container.