These chocolate and peanut butter haystacks are the perfect holiday treat for when you’re pressed for time. Easily customize them to suit your taste or dietary preferences by replacing the peanut butter with almond butter or your favourite nut butter. You'll love our White Chocolate Haystacks, too!
A drizzling of salty feta, tangy Greek yogurt and bright citrus gives loads of flavour to these sweet potato wedges. The almonds lend a satisfying crunch to the tender potatoes and creamy sauce, but feel free to omit them, if you prefer.
Just a touch of liquid smoke, found in the condiment section of your grocery store, adds irresistibly rich and smoky flavour to these sweetened nuts. Any combination of nuts, such as almonds, cashews, walnuts, pecans or hazelnuts, can be used.
Express your holiday cheer with a gift box filled with fudge. This silky smooth combination of nutty white and dark chocolates looks dramatic yet is simple to make. You can also use other nuts, such as pecans, walnuts or macadamias, instead of the almonds.
Moist, almond-flavoured sponge with a tangy layer of jam and soft, buttery pastry makes this traditional tart a wonderful treat served warm or cold.
Some say the Bakewell tart (or pudding, to give it its original name) was created by accident when, in 1820, a cook poured egg mixture on top of jam, making a tart instead of a pudding. However, other sources say it hails from a 15th-century dish called "flathon," which was either a rich custard over a candied-fruit base, or made with ground almonds, sugar and spice. In its birthplace, Bakewell, you'll still find it sold under the name "pudding."
This winning dessert from the Blomidon Inn in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley celebrates one of the region's chief products: apples. Wedges are served with whipped cream and toasted sliced almonds. (From "Fruit Divine" in the November 2005 issue of Canadian Living Magazine.)
This luscious dessert combines the decadent flavours of chocolate cream pie and peanut butter cups. The best part? It takes only 20 minutes to prepare! Substitute the peanut butter with other nut butters, such as cashew or almond butter, to change it up.
These buttery chocolate and vanilla cake-like treats are best enjoyed the same day they're made, meaning they're a great dessert to make on short notice. To preserve the freshness of any leftover ground almonds, store them in an airtight container in your freezer.
Hermits are lightly spiced soft fruit-and-nut cookies. You can replace the pistachios with chopped walnuts, almonds or pecans, and the cranberries with Thompson or golden raisins. To expose more of the pistachio's green, vigorously rub the shelled nuts in a towel before chopping.
