Desserts are my favorite part of the day, candied almonds are a favorite snack. My family used to make it on Easter, but I love munching on these goodies whenever I can get my hands on them. They are ridiculously easy to make, even a child could make them! This Jordan Almond Recipe is good news for parents with toddlers. Get your kids to help out in the kitchen, they will have loads of fun!
Let’s get to work!
Jordan’s Almond Recipe
Ingredients
- 5 cups whole almonds, blanched
- 4 cups confectioners sugar
- 3 egg whites
- Food coloring of your choice
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F
- Line your baking tray with parchment paper
- Spread the almonds in a single layer over the tray, you will need to bake all the almonds in several batches
- Place the tray in the oven and let the almonds bake
- After 5 to 10 minutes or as the almonds start to brown remove them from the oven
- Replace the parchment paper with a fresh one
- Meanwhile, fix your stand mixer with the paddle attachment
- Beat the egg whites with the confectioner’s sugar in the bowl fitted with the stand mixer
- Blend till the mixture thickens
- Add food coloring of your choice
- Dip the almonds in the frosting one by one and remove them from the bowl with a fork
- Let any excess frosting drip off from the almonds
- Arrange the coated almonds on the baking sheet
- Let them sit for 12 hours or overnight
Tips for this recipe
- Be careful when adding food coloring, add the coloring little by little mixing as you reach your desired shade
- Let the coated almonds cool completely before eating, the frosting might wipe off
- You can store these goodies in an airtight jar at room temperature for a week
And there you have it! Jordan Almonds are prepared. They are great to give as party favors, at weddings or more traditional ceremonies like baptisms.
History Of Jordan Almonds
It has been an old tradition distributing wedding favors and treats. It shows wealth and honor for those who give and receive wedding favors. Wedding favors used to be extravagant like jewels and silver. But Jordan Almonds have remained consistent over the centuries.
Jordan Almonds are given out as wedding favors during Greek, Roman, and Arabic weddings. Usually, they are candy-coated almonds, some families use pistachios, chocolate, coffee beans, marzipan the list goes on and on.
Almonds have cultural significance in Greek and Roman myths, the butter almond signifies like. Thus sugar-coated almonds represent a couple’s happy life together. The Jordan Almonds are always given out in odd numbers. They’re indivisible thus meaning the newlywed couple is always together and never divided. The almonds are usually five in number representing health, wealth, happiness, fertility, and longevity.
The Romans used to dip their almonds in honey and give those out, but after the Renaissance families started using sugarcane as a way to sweeten the almond. They are known as “dragees’ ‘ or Italian Confetti and are mentioned in Giovanni Boccaccio’s 1350’s novellas “Decameron”.
The name Jordan is said to have evolved from the French word “Jardin” meaning garden. While some historians claim the Jordan Almonds resemble the almonds growing along the Jordan River in Palestine.
For More Party-worthy Sweets Try These Recipes
- You can’t have a party without cake, check out the almond delight cake
- The Toasted Almond Cake has so many delicious almond-based components, your guests will clean their plates in seconds
- Make use of the frozen berries in your fridge and make the beautiful Almond Dacquoise Cake
- The Toasted Almond Torte with its Italian Buttercream is simply divine
- For a traditional Greek wedding cookie, make the Greek Almond Cookies
- Almond Madeleines are such a stylish yet cute French dessert, they’re so hard to resist!
- Cool off your wedding party with Toasted Almond ice Cream Bar
- I know this technically doesn’t count as dessert, but there’s always time for an Almond Joy Martini Cocktail
Here Are Some Recipes You Have To Try
If meal prep is your biggest enemy then try Mark Bittman’s Salmon Recipe, it’s a 5 ingredient recipe and takes only 15 minutes to make! Make Horseradish Crusted Salmon for dinner, or if you’re feeling fancy try Chili’s Ancho Salmon. Add Hawaiian Bread Spinach Dip to your dinner table, it always brings the meal together.
So if you’re in the mood to to have something sweet, you can always give this recipe the Jordan Almond Recipe a try. Rest assured, it’ll come out just as tasty as it did for us!