The perfect treat with a warm cup of tea, these crunchy almond honey cluster cookies use almonds in three different forms: oil, ground into flour, and whole.
Almond Honey Clusters
Servings
32 Servings
Ingredients
- 2¾ cups whole natural almonds roasted, divided*
- Almond oil or corn oil for greasing pan
- ½ cup honey
Instructions
- Cookies:
- Preheat oven to 250°F.
- Place 1½ cups of almonds in the blender or food processor and process until ground.
- Line a baking sheet with greased foil and stir together ground almonds, whole almonds and honey in a medium bowl, mixing well.
- Line the work surface with wax paper. With clean, wet hands, form the mass into a sticky ball; divide in half. Keep dividing each ball in half until there are 32 small clusters.
- Lay each cluster on prepared baking sheet and bake 30 minutes.
- Let cool completely before removing from foil –cookies will still be soft and chewy. Serve, or store airtight for up to 3 days.
- Roasted Almonds:
- Spread almonds in an ungreased baking pan.
- Place in 350° F oven and bake 7 to 10 minutes or until golden brown and fragrant; stir once or twice to assure even browning.
- Note that almonds will continue to roast slightly after removing from oven.
- Source: Almond Board of California
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