Sugared Nuts in the Slow Cooker

I think I'm actually sharing something new!!!!

New to me, anyway!

AND A GIVEAWAY TODAY!!!!!

Beth (younger daughter, four kids) brought me this recipe because we both had monster-sized bags of raw almonds.... Usually I use roasted almonds for Almond bark and recipes and salads, so when I realized we had raw ones, we decided to have some fun. Now I know there are savory recipes out there...

THIS ISN'T ONE OF THEM!!!

This recipe is sugary-sweetness with a taste of Manhattan (Nuts for Nuts, my favorite Manhattan street cart!) and the downhome taste of cinnamon sugar, a favorite of so many.

And this is so stinkin' easy that I hate to reveal that because I would seem so cool if I could just pull off tough recipes time after time, but who needs tough when easy is so much better? If it works, of course... and this does!

We got the recipe from The Recipe Critic website and the reason I like her website is that she doesn't feed you page after page of useless information to allow time for ads to load. I really appreciate that!  So here it is from Alyssa's site:

Slow Cooker Cinnamon Sugar Almonds

I found the same recipe with tiny variations on multiple websites so I'm going to share the amounts here. I did 1.5 recipe (which I found on a few sites) and one site does 10 cups of almonds.... now I love that woman, she's in for a penny, in for a pound!

The 4.5 cups of almonds (used by doing 1.5 of the recipe) were a nice fit for my Slow Cooker. It gave me room to stir and gave the almonds plenty of time at the top and bottom of the cooking time. You stir these every 20-30 minutes or so, other than that you do nothing. :) #happyauthor!!!!!

Here's the version I made (twice so far this week!)  I cut the brown sugar down from 1 1/2 cups for the second version, and worked great, so I'm going with that.

1 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cups white sugar
3 Tablespoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 egg whites, beaten until frothy in large bowl
3 teaspoons (1 tablespoon) vanilla
4 1/2 cups almonds
3 tablespoons water (used in last hour of cooking)


Beat egg whites and vanilla until frothy. (I used the egg beater grandson Xavier found for me at a garage sale and it was awesome!)

Add nuts to egg whites and toss lightly.

Spray inside crock of slow cooker with cooking spray.

In separate bowl mix together:

Brown sugar, sugar, cinnamon and salt.

Add frothy nuts to slow cooker. Add blend of sugars.

Stir thoroughly. Cook on low for about 3-4 hours, stirring every twenty minutes or so. During last hour of cooking, add the water. (3-4 tablespoons for this size batch)

Cook for another 30-60 minutes, then spread on parchment or foil lined cookie sheets to cool. Spread out as much as you can, but you can break nuts apart once cool.

DELICIOUS!

I have sent several to friends and eaten way  too many and gosh.... I just love them! We are spreading the love!

It's weeding and spraying time here on the pumpkin farm.... Downy and Powdery mildew love to kill plants in August so we're pre-thwarting the diseases (we hope!) with a bit of TLC now..... and that will continue for the next five-seven weeks.....

And today I'm spending the whole time at Yankee Belle talking about the joys of life and love and the fun of great food....

And kicking controversy to the curb, where it belongs.

Wishing you all the very best day with a look at my newest Guideposts mystery "A Fallen Petal" available HERE at Guideposts.com, part of the Savannah Secrets mystery series!  And leave a comment here or on Ruthy's Facebook page to be entered into a drawing for a signed copy of "A Fallen Petal"!

USA Today Bestselling author Ruth Logan Herne loves life on the farm, but she also loves God, her family, her country and making folks smile with great stories of faith, fun, fiction and romance... and some with mystery! Friend her on Facebook, visit her website ruthloganherne.com and follow her on Amazon... she loves hearing from readers and writers at loganherne@gmail.com.... And she wishes you the very best day/week/month the sweet Lord can give. God bless you!