Gingerbread Roasted Almonds, Paleo, GF
It’s been gingerbread season in our house this month, and we don’t see that stopping any time soon. Gingerbread is such a satisfying and festive flavor this time of year and we've been enjoying incorporating it into different recipes… as you can see.
These Gingerbread Roasted Almonds take roasted almonds to a whole other level! The almonds are roasted in a maple and blackstrap molasses sauce that turns into a crisp spiced candy coating. NOM. These roasted almonds make for a satisfying gluten-free, paleo, grain-free, dairy-free snack OR would be a wonderful hostess gift. 🙂
Try our roasted pepitas if you like crunchy snacks. Or our gingerbread banana bread for more gingerbread flavor.
We got the idea to make these Gingerbread Roasted Almonds at a recent trip to Disney World. Which, we have to say, as magical and festive as it is this time of year, it’s a bit too crowded for us.
Our father pointed out a bag of gingerbread popcorn in one of the Disney stores, and mentioned how satisfying that sounded. However, we thought that it was a bag of gingerbread roasted almonds and we thought that that did indeed sound satisfying! The popcorn was covered in a coating that turned it dark in color, which made it look like almonds.
When we realized it was popcorn, we did think that it sounded satisfying, but our mind became focused on how this would be a great idea for roasted almonds.
So as soon as we got home, we decided to Gingerbread Roasted Almonds needed to happen.
They are actually really simple to make, which is just right when you don’t have much time during the mad rush of the holidays.
All you have to do is roast 2 cups of almonds at 350 degrees F for about 5 minutes.
Then, in a small bowl, mix together some blackstrap molasses, maple syrup, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. This turns into a thick molasses gingerbread sauce that smells SOOO good.
Pour the the thick molasses gingerbread sauce on top of the almonds and toss, then roast for about 15 minutes.
Boom. All done. The house smells great while these roast and you have Gingerbread Roasted Almonds at your fingertips!
We love how the thick molasses gingerbread sauce hardens while the almonds roast, creating a thick crisp spiced candy coating on top.
This results in lots of wonderful Gingerbread Roasted Almond chunks…. which is our favorite part of this recipe!!
Enjoy!
Prep 5 minutesCook 20 minutesTotal 25 minutesMakes 8
Ingredients
- 2 cups almonds
- 1 Tbs maple syrup
- 1 Tbs blackstrap molasses
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- a pinch of nutmeg
Method
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Evenly spread out 2 cups of almonds onto the cookie sheet and bake them for about 5 minutes.
- Remove the almonds from the oven, but keep the oven on.
- In a small bowl, mix the maple syrup, blackstrap molasses, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and nutmeg.
- Put the almonds into a larger bowl and top with the maple/molasses liquid and mix until the almonds are coated.
- Evenly spread out the almonds onto the lined cookie sheet again and bake for 15 minutes.
- Let the almonds cool on the pan for several minutes.
