Cinnamon-Sugar Almonds

This is another recipe I've been wanting to try for a while - thank you Pinterest... again. I found this recipe from the Recipe Critic blog (sometimes I feel like a recipe critic... because I always use other people's recipes), however, I think she found it elsewhere.

I took some of her suggestions and made some minor changes to the original recipe - below is what I did:

Ingredients:
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Brown Sugar
3 T Cinnamon
1/8 t Salt
1 Egg White
2 t vanilla
3 cups Almonds
1/8 to 1/4 C. Water

Instructions:
Mix together in a large bowl sugars, cinnamon, and salt.

In another bowl with a whisk, mix together the egg white and vanilla until it is frothy. Add the almonds and coat thoroughly. This will help the mixture stick to the almonds during the cooking process.

Prepare your slow cooker by spraying it with cooking spray (although you'll still have to soak it afterwards...). I used a 4 quart. Add the cinnamon almond mixture to the almonds and turn it to low. Stir until the cinnamon sugar mixture is coated well on the almonds. Be prepared for your house to smell amazing!

You want to cook for about 3-4 hours. Mine took about 3. Stirring every 20 minutes. In the very last hour, add between 1/8 and 1/4 cup water and stir well. This will ensure a crunchy coating and help the mixture to harden.

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spread the almonds onto the sheet to cool. The almonds should be pretty sticky so be sure to separate them the best that you can and let them cool!


My Notes:
*She suggested less water (1/8c), so I tried that, and I think that may be why mine didn't have quite the hard coating that I was expecting. I started with 1/8, then added more later - which helped a lot. I would stick with the 1/4c next time.
*Be careful of the HOT crock-pot as you stir. Just sayin'. (ouch)
*It made... well basically 3 cups of almonds... makes sense right? I have not yet calculated the calories, but I probably will, so I'll try to update that later.
*These are super tasty. Y-U-M.