Almond Brittle

Name: Almond Brittle
Yield: Makes about 1¼ pounds
Ingredients: 1¾ cups whole, unblanched almonds; ¾ cup (packed) light brown sugar; 1⅓ cups blanched, chopped almonds; ¼ cup water; ⅔ cup light corn syrup; 1 tablespoon unsalted butter; ¼ teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon almond extract; ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation info

Makes about
1¼ pounds

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Better Than Store-Bought

By Helen Witty and Elizabeth Schneider

Published 1979

About

An abundance of nuts bound together in a sheet by the merest slick of transparent amber brittle. The chopped almonds modify the hardness of the candy, while the whole nuts are left unblanched to contribute a fuller almond flavor.

Ingredients

1¾ cups whole, unblanched almonds
1⅓ cups blanched, chopped almonds
¾

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
Place the whole and chopped almonds on a jelly-roll pan and toast them for 15 minutes in the oven, tossing and stirring them occasionally. Turn off the heat and leave the nuts in the oven. They must be warm when added t