English Butter Chocolate Toffee
Chocolate toffee with a touch of butter flavor. Put these tiny treats in your purse, your kid's backpack or in easily accessible jars around the house or office.
Ingredients:
2 Butter
1 c Sugar
1 tb Corn syrup
1 ts Vanilla extract
6 oz Semisweet chocolate chips; m
3/4 c Almonds, roasted; diced
Directions:
In a large heavy 4 1/2-qt saucepan, combine butter, sugar, corn syrup, and 3 Tbs water. Heat over medium heat, stirring often, until the butter melts. Cover and heat over medium-high heat until it comes to a boil. Boil for 1 minute. Remove cover and place a candy thermometer in pan. Cook over medium-high heat until syrup reaches 300 F, stirring often after mixture reaches 250 F to prevent scorching. If mixture begins to darken at sides of pan, reduce heat to medium.
Stir in vanilla. Pour toffee immediately into a well-buttered 9-inch square metal pan (do not use glass, or candy will be too difficult to remove). Let it cool completely at room temperature.
Turn toffee out of pan onto a sheet of wax paper or foil. Spread half of melted chocolate over toffee and sprinkle half of almonds on top, pressing lightly into chocolate. Let stand until chocolate is almost set. Turn over and spread uncoated side with remaining chocolate and sprinkle with remaining nuts. Let stand overnight until chocolate is set and completely dry. Break into pieces. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.
