Recipe- Treat Your Guests With Honey Roasted Almonds

Honey roasted almonds are one of my favorite snacks to make at home! Sweetened almonds with a touch of salt are highly addictive! I don’t know about you but I love candied nuts, these little treats are so addictive and so delicious that it’s hard to keep your hands off them. Whenever we go to farmer’s market I see these little shops selling delicious looking candied nuts.

There are walnuts, almonds, pecans, peanuts, hazelnuts etc. and they all come in so many flavors. Even if I want to buy some I end up buying nothing, simply because I get so confused with so many flavors that I finally just let it be. What an irony!

Ingredients

2 cups almonds
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons honey
2.5 teaspoons oil I used canola oil
2.5 tablespoons water
pinch cardamom powder

Method

* Measure 2 cups of whole almonds and place them on a baking sheet in a single layer.

* Place the baking sheet in an cold oven and then switch it on and set the temperature to 350 F degrees.

* Roast the almonds in the oven, stirring them twice in between till they are fragrant and roasted. This will take around 12-15 minutes.

* While the almonds are in the oven, combined sugar and salt in a bowl. Set aside.

* Meanwhile in a wide pan combine honey, cardamom powder, oil and water and bring it to boil on medium heat.

* Take out the almonds from the oven and stir them into the boiling mixture.

* Cook till all the liquid is absorbed by the almonds, this takes around 5 minutes.

* Remove the almonds from stove top and transfer them into a bowl.

* Pour the sugar-salt mixture over the almonds, stir to coat all almonds.

* Transfer the almonds to a parchment paper and let them dry completely.

* Store in an airtight container.