Recipes

English Toffee

English Toffee

Family recipe called Toffee Butter Crunch
Course Dessert

Equipment

  • Candy Thermometer
  • Heavy sauce pan
  • wooden spoon
  • Jellyroll pan 13 x 9

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 ⅓ cups granulated sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon lite Karo syrup
  • 3 Tablespoons water
  • 1 cup blanched almonds coarsely chopped
  • 18 oz chocolate chips
  • 1 cup blanched almonds finely chopped

Instructions
 

  • Melt butter in a large saucepan. Add sugar, Karo, and water.
  • Cook at medium heat, stirring occasionally until the thermometer reaches hard-crack (300°).
  • Quickly stir in the coarsely chopped almonds and spread the mix on the greased jellyroll pan.
  • Sprinkle half the chocolate chips over the hot candy. Wait a minute for them to soften, then use a spatula to spread the chocolate evenly over the surface. Dust finely chopped almonds over the chocolate.
  • Allow to cool completely. Turn the candy over onto waxed paper.
  • Melt the remaining chocolate and spread it over toffee. Sprinkle with the remaining almonds.
  • Allow to cool. Break apart into serving sized pieces.
    Break Toffee into pieces
Keyword almond, candy, Chocolate, toffee