Thriftiness - Canned Almonds

I don't know about where you all live, but around here almonds are mucho dinero.  I think it's around $18/kg at Costco.

When these almonds in the shell came on sale for $0.99/lb at Christmas I couldn't pass it up.

I bought 11 lbs of almonds and 2 lbs of hazelnuts.  I had the idea that I would oven can them after I shelled them.   It took me over a week to shell them all and because it took so long, we nibbled on them quite a bit.

I calculated the cost on the shelled nuts and found them to cost $5.50/kg.  That's 1/3 the cost of Costco.

Then I oven canned them in pints using the oven canning I posted in this post.  It is a method of canning dry items in jars and they are supposed to stay fresh for years.

I have already been snacking on a jar and they are SO good.  They are very crisp and tasty.

Thanks for stopping by.

Crystal


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