cinnamon toasted almonds

early in my pregnancy, no food sounded good to me. i did not want to eat, but knew that i had to. i was strolling through the aisles of costco, when i saw a giant bag of almonds. immediately that sounded good. i bought the bag and would munch on almonds everyday for my whole first trimester. because i was in a constant state of nausea my first trimester, i now associate almonds with that. i can't really think about raw almonds without getting a little sick. unfortunately, i still have half a bag left and i hate wasting food. hate it. the mr. won't eat them, either. he doesn't like them. he is picky. however, i know he likes anything sugar coated and he begs for those delicious smelling, cinnamon toasted almonds every christmas when we pass by the kiosks in the mall. hence, the idea to make my own. i got the recipe from here. but i only used 2 cups of almonds and i doubled the amount of cinnamon (2 tsp.). because who doesn't love extra cinnamon? these will make your house smell amazing. give it a try and let me know what you think. enjoy.

1 egg white
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups raw almonds
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp ground cinnamon

preheat your oven to 225.

whisk together egg white and vanilla.



add raw almonds to egg white and vanilla mixture and make sure they are all well coated.



in a separate bowl combine white sugar, brown sugar, salt, and ground cinnamon.



pour this mixture over the almonds and stir well to combine, making sure almonds are well coated.



spread almonds on a cookie sheet, spreading them to make sure they cook evenly. bake for one hour, stirring every 15 minutes.



let them cool and enjoy eating them, plus enjoy the added bonus of having your house smell amazing all day.

i think i scored points with the mr. on this one.