English Toffee

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 1 lb butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 6 tablespoons water
• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 1/3 lb raw slivered almonds
• 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 -preparea slightly greased cookie sheet pan that has edges (is this called a jelly roll pan?)-combine butter, sugar, water and corn syrup in a medium saucepan.
• 2 mix well and cook over medium heat to 260 degrees on a candy thermometer (be careful, it will be vigorously boiling. this is hot stuff!).
• 3 stir occasionally, but don't scrape down the sides of the pan because it will make the candy grainy.
• 4 -at260 degrees, add the almonds and stir continuously, but gently until the mixture reaches exactly 300 degrees.
• 5 -removefrom heat and pour onto slightly greased pan.
• 6 -spreadout candy to edges and corners.
• 7 -topwith chocolate chips.
• 8 the heat from the candy will melt the chocolate, after several minutes, spread the chocolate to fully cover toffee.
• 9 -sprinklewith walnuts if desired, though some people prefer to skip the walnuts. also other favorite chopped nuts (almonds, peanuts, macadamias, etc. may be substituted for walnuts.
• 10 -coolcompletely, about 2 or more hours.
• 11 -breakinto pieces and try not to eat too much yourself.