Festive Foods

For the whole month of December our house smells like cinnamon and its not due to me burning those yummy cinnamon scented candles! Its because almost every day I bake something that uses cinnamon because 1. we love the taste of cinnamon and 2. cinnamon makes us think of Christmas and smells so freaking good! Today I am sharing some of my favorite festive snack foods that I love to make in December.

Cinnamon Apple Chips

Ingredients & Supplies:

Sweet Apples

Sugar

Cinnamon

Large Zip Lock Bag

Mandolin Slicer

Slice the apples into thin slices using the mandolin slicer. Cut out the cores of each apple slice then place the slices in the large zip lock bag. Pour in as much cinnamon and sugar as you like. Shake the bag really well coating each slice of apple in cinnamon and sugar. Line a baking sheet with wax paper then line up the coated apple slices. Bake the apple slices in a 225 degree oven for an hour. Flip the apple slices then bake for another hour.

"Fried" Honey Cinnamon Bananas

Ingredients:

2 Bananas

2 tablespoons Honey

1 tablespoon Water

Cinnamon

Canola Cooking Spray

Slice the bananas. Mix the honey and water together into a bowl then set aside. Spray a pan generously with the canola cooking spray. Turn the burner on medium heat. Place the slices of bananas into the pan. Once the bottoms of the bananas are browned, this should only take a couple minutes, flip over the banana slices then turn off the burner. Pour the honey water mixture onto the banana slices then sprinkle the slices with cinnamon.  

Mini Apple Pies

Ingredients:

1 Tart Apple

3 tablespoons Brown Sugar

2 tablespoons Cinnamon

1 tablespoon Melted Butter

1 package Reduced Fat Crescent Rolls

Mix the brown sugar and cinnamon into a bowl. Melt the butter in another bowl. Lay each crescent roll out on a pan. Brush a bit of the melted butter on each slice. Sprinkle each slice with some of the brown sugar cinnamon mix. Slice the apple. Roll each apple slice up in each crescent roll slice. Pinch the ends of the crescent rolls shut over the apples. Brush a bit more of the melted butter on top of each apple crescent roll. Sprinkle with more of the brown sugar cinnamon mix. Bake until the crescent rolls are browned.

Cinnamon Baked Almonds

Ingredients:
4 cups Plain Whole Almonds
1 Eggs White
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1/2 cup White Sugar
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
Mix the egg white and the vanilla together in a bowl. In a bowl with a lock on top mix the white sugar, brown sugar, salt and cinnamon together. Place the almonds in the bowl of egg white and vanilla and mix until all the almonds are coated. Then place the almonds in the bowl of sugars, salt and cinnamon. Lock on the top and shake the bowl until all the almonds are coated. Place wax paper on a baking sheet then pour on the almonds. Spread the almonds out evenly on the pan. Place the pan in a 250 degree oven and bake them until golden, about an hour, stirring occasionally.

Caramel Almond Apple Bites

Ingredients:
Almond Slices
An Apple
Condensed Milk
Tooth Picks
Zip Lock Bag
The first thing I did was make the caramel. Here is how I do it, caramel recipe. Just make sure you make it the day before you make the apple bites because you need to let the caramel cool over night. Place some of the almond slices into the zip lock bag then crush them, I used a rolling pin. Slice the apple. Cut the apple slices into bite size pieces. Stick a tooth pick into each bite size piece. Dip the apple into the caramel. Turn the caramel covered apple pieces in the almond crumbs. Place on a wax paper covered baking sheet. Refrigerate then take out of the fridge about a half hour before serving.

Baked Cinnamon Banana Chips

Ingredients & Supplies:
Bananas
Sugar
Cinnamon
Large Zip Lock Bag
Mandolin Slicer
Slice the bananas using the mandolin slicer. Place the slices in the large zip lock bag. Pour in as much cinnamon and sugar as you like. Shake the bag gently coating each slice of the bananas in cinnamon and sugar. Line a baking sheet with wax paper then line up the coated banana slices on the wax paper. Bake the banana slices in a 200 degree oven for an hour and a half to two hours.