Best 10 Chocolate Almond Cherry Crisps Recipes

CHERRY ALMOND CHOCOLATE CLUSTERS

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, toss together the almonds and the cherries. Line a baking sheet with waxed paper.
• Melt half the chocolate in the top of a double boiler over slightly simmering water, over the lowest possible heat, stirring frequently. Make sure the water is not touching the top pan. Remove the double boiler from the heat and stir in the rest of the chocolate. Remove the top pan with the chocolate in it, gently wipe the bottom of it and set it aside for a moment. Replace the simmering water in the bottom pan with warm tap water. Put the pan of melted chocolate on top of the warm water. This will keep the chocolate at the right temperature while you make the clusters.
• Stir the fruit-nut mixture into the chocolate. Spoon out heaping tablespoon-sized clusters of the chocolate mixture onto the baking sheet about 1-inch apart. Put them in the refrigerator to set for 15 minutes. Store and serve at room temperature.

CHOCOLATE-ALMOND-CHERRY BRITTLE

Steps:

• Grease a rimmed baking sheet with vegetable oil. Toss together the almonds, chocolate chips, orange zest and cherries in a small bowl, then spread them out in an even layer covering the entire baking sheet.
• In a medium saucepan, stir together the sugar and 1/2 cup water. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Once the sugar has dissolved, stop stirring; instead, using a pastry brush dipped in water, brush the sides of the pan a few times to incorporate any sugar stuck to the sides of the pan. Continue cooking until the sugar syrup turns golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Carefully pour the caramelized sugar over the nut mixture on the baking sheet. (Be careful not to move the baking sheet at this point; it will be very hot.) Let cool for at least 2 hours.
• Break the brittle into pieces and place in bags for hungry trick-or-treaters.

CHOCOLATE CHERRY ALMOND SCONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450°F. Line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper.
• In large bowl, mix flour, 5 tablespoons sugar, the baking powder and salt. Cut in butter, using pastry blender or fork, until mixture looks like coarse meal. Stir in cherries and chocolate. In small bowl, beat egg, 1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons of the milk and the almond extract with whisk; add to flour mixture, stirring just until moistened. (Dough will be sticky.)
• On cookie sheet, pat dough with floured hands into 8-inch round. Cut round into 12 wedges, but do not separate. Brush dough with remaining 1 tablespoon milk; sprinkle with 1 teaspoon sugar and the almonds.
• Bake 15 minutes or until golden brown. Carefully separate wedges; serve warm.

ALMOND CHERRY FUDGE

Steps:

• Line an 8-in. square pan with foil and grease the foil; set aside. In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and milk on high for about 1 minute; stir. Microwave in additional 10- to 20-second intervals until melted; stir until smooth. Stir in the almonds, cherries and extract. Spread into prepared pan. Cover and chill for 2 hours or until set. , Using foil, lift fudge out of pan. Discard foil; cut fudge into 1-in. squares. Store in the refrigerator.

CHERRY-ALMOND COOKIES WITH WHITE CHOCOLATE CHIPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Combine butter, white sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, and almond extract in a large mixing bowl; beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until thoroughly mixed.
• Combine flour and baking soda in a separate bowl; gradually add to the butter mixture, mixing until incorporated. Stir in white chocolate chips, cherries, and almonds. Drop teaspoonfuls of dough onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes.

CHOCOLATE CHERRY CRISP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375*.
• Spoon pie filling into a 9-inch square baking dish.
• Combine flour, oats, brown sugar and cocoa powder in a medium bowl; mix well. Cut in butter with a pastry blender until coarse crumbs form.
• Sprinkle flour mixture over pie filling. Sprinkle with chocolate chunks.
• Bake crisp until filling is bubbly, about 40 minutes.
• Cool slightly on a wire rack and serve warm.

BURNT ALMOND AND CHERRY CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Melt butter in a skillet over medium-low heat; cook and stir almonds in melted butter until toasted or slightly burnt, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat and cool.
• Mix cream, half-and-half, sugar, cocoa mix, and vanilla extract together in a bowl; transfer cream mixture to an ice cream maker. Follow manufacturer's instructions for freezing. Add almonds, chocolate chips, and cherries once ice cream is almost stiffened and continue freezing until ice cream is completely stiffened.

CHOCOLATE ALMOND CRISPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F.
• Line a couple of cookie trays with parchment paper.
• In a food processor, process the almonds with the sugar until finely ground.
• Add the cocoa, spices and broken up chocolate and process again, until the chocolate is finely ground.
• Process in the egg whites and the extract until it blends and forms a mass.
• Remove the dough, let sit for about 5 minutes.
• Roll out on a board sprinkled with icing sugar.
• Cut with cookie cutters and place on the trays.
• Bake in the centre of the oven for 10 to 12 minutes until almost firm and slightly puffed; they should not be browned.
• Let cool then peel from the paper.

CHERRY & ALMOND CRISPY SQUARES

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, combine marshmallows and butter. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until melted. Remove from the heat; stir in extract. Stir in the cereal, 1 cup almonds and 1 cup cherries. , Press into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. pan. Sprinkle with remaining almonds and cherries; gently press onto cereal mixture. Cool. Cut into squares.

CHERRY-ALMOND GRANOLA CRISP

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spread out the cherry halves in the bottom of an 8-inch square (or 9-inch round) baking dish. Set aside.
• In a small saucepan, add the honey, butter and salt. Bring to a foaming boil over medium heat, then cook 3 to 4 minutes until the honey thickens, stirring often so it never burns. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla - it will spatter slightly - then fold in the almonds and oats, continuing to stir until the oats absorb all the honey syrup.
• Drop spoonfuls of the mixture across the cherries, and bake for 22 to 25 minutes or until the almonds are almost a mahogany brown and the cherries are tender and juicy. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes, so the granola hardens slightly, then serve with yogurt.