Jills Almond Bark Clusters Recipes

ALMOND HONEY CLUSTERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250°F
• Place 1 1/2 cup of the almonds in the blender or food processor and process until ground.
• Line a baking sheet with greased foil. 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 almond/honey mixture into a sticky ball; divide in half. Keep dividing each ball in half until there are 32 small clusters. Lay each cluster on the 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.
• To roast whole almonds:.
• Spread in an ungreased baking pan. Place in 350ºF oven and bake 7 to 10 minutes or until golden brown and fragrant. Stir once or twice to assure even browning. Almonds will continue to roast slightly after removing from oven.

ALMOND BARK

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 300°F.
• Spread the almonds in a single layer on a cookie sheet.
• Toast the almonds for about 20 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and cool.
• You may want to remove the almonds and wipe the cookie sheet clean.
• Make sure that the almonds are spread evenly on the tray.
• Melt the white chocolate (a double boiler is best to avoid scorching).
• Pour the chocolate over the almonds.
• Chopsticks work well to spread the chocolate around without disturbing the almonds.
• Refrigerate until hard.
• Break into 2-3 inch pieces.

JILLS ALMOND BARK CLUSTERS

Steps:

• Melt almond bark in microwave.
• Add peanut butter and rest of ingredients.
• Drop on waxed paper with teaspoons.
• Let cool.