What to do with almonds?

[Lisa Prater]

I came home from Thanksgiving with a giant bag of whole almonds from my MIL. I love just eating them right out of the bag, but thought it would be a good idea to actually make something with them. I was thinking maybe candied almonds, and maybe put some in chex mix. 

Do you have any recipes using almonds? Please share ... looking forward to trying something new!

Thanks!

~Lisa

[soilbabe]

Maybe you could make a sweet bread that uses almond paste for a filling....almond paste is ground almonds with confectioners sugar, vanilla, and egg white (there are recipes online).  I believe that "Challa" (sp) is a Hebrew sweet bread that you could use it in...I don't think it is very hard to make but is delicious. 

[Kay/NC]

Whenever I have an ingredient and need a way to se it, I generally open Mark Bittmann's " How to Cook Everything". Starting to more and more default to Google for recipes...there are millions of them out there. Almost anything Mike asks me to find a recipe for can come from one of those two sources, too. Lots of these have several variations and you can find substitutions easily.

[wt510151]

If you want to save them for use further in the future, store them in the freezer. Keeps them from becoming rancid.