English toffee
English toffee recipe in the candy category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1/2 pound milk chocolate
- 2 cups salted almonds
- 2 cups butter or margarine
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons white corn syrup
- 6 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Recipe method:
- Cut chocolate fine.
- Melt in double boiler over lukewarm water, 115 degrees F.
- Stir occasionally.
- Slice 1 cup of the almonds in halves lengthwise.
- Coarsely chop remaining nuts.
- Melt butter or margarine in heavy frying pan.
- Add sugar, the almond halves, corn syrup and water.
- Stir until sugar is blended and no undissolved sugar adheres to sides of pan.
- Cook very slowly until small amount in cold water separates into hard but not brittle threads, 290 degrees F.
- Stir occasionally to prevent burning.
- Add vanilla extract.
- Pour to 1/4 inch thickness into a 10 x 15 inch buttered pan or individual molds.
- When cool, spread melted chocolate evenly over the top.
- Sprinkle with remaining chopped almonds.
- When hard, break into pieces.
- Store in a tightly covered container between wax paper layers.
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