Butter toffee
Butter toffee recipe in the candy category
Recipe ingredients:
- 5 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup water
- 2 1/2 pounds, 10 sticks, sweet cream butter
- 2 cups whole, shelled almonds
- 24 ounces semisweet or milk chocolate bars or chips, for coating
- 3 cups almonds, ground
Recipe method:
- Grease two 9 x 13 inch baking pans with vegetable oil.
- Combine sugar and water in a 4 quart saucepan.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture registers 231 degrees F on a candy thermometer.
- Add butter slowly until all is melted.
- Add whole almonds and cook until they are golden brown.
- Pour mixture into prepared pans, mixture should be about 1/2 inch deep, and immerse pans in ice water to harden toffee.
- Remove toffee onto wax paper or parchment paper.
- Melt chocolate in a double boiler.
- Coat the top side of the toffee with half the melted chocolate.
- Sprinkle with half the ground almonds.
- Repeat on underside of toffee.
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