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Delicious, crunchy, buttery toffee—easier to make than you would think.
Growing up I always refused to eat almonds, the only time I would was in toffee! Skor bars were my toffee treats man. Try to get me to eat an almond though and I would turn my nose up in disgust. Still do ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ .
My dad on the other hand goes nuts for any dessert with well… nuts. So this one is for him! Although I did keep some and eat them in like 2 days… oops.
Process
These are pretty straight forward. Just make sure you have everything ready beforehand. You don’t want to rush around with the sugar boiling. Make sure to watch that pan.
Toast up the almonds—then chop or crush them up in a bag. Depends on how big you want the chunks. If you like almond crumble on the top set some aside for after the chocolate.
On the stove in a medium saucepan add butter, sugars, syrup, salt, and water. Cook till soft crack stage or 275F. If, like me, you don’t have a candy thermometer and like to live dangerously, you can use the cold water testing method.
At this point you want to add in the nuts and stir it up. Cook further until 300F. Quickly and carefully add the vanilla and baking soda off heat.
Pour on greased pan immediately! Spread out by tilting the pan and using a spatula. Don’t leave any holes. Let set up.
After the candy sets, slowly melt the chocolate using any method you prefer. Microwave for 30 seconds twice or double boiler. Pour over candy and spread out with spatula.
Add the extra nuts on top if you wish and let chocolate harden. You can use the fridge to speed this up. Break into pieces.
English Toffee
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups raw almonds
- 1 cup butter cubed
- 2 tbsp water
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp corn syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 ½ cups chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Toast almonds for 10 minutes.
- Chop almonds or place in a bag and crush with a mallet.
- Grease a cookie pan with butter.
- In a medium saucepan cook butter, sugars, syrup, salt, and water till soft crack (275F).
- Add in almonds and stir. Cook to hard crack or 300F. Remove pan from heat.
- Quickly stir in vanilla and baking soda. Pour into pan and coax to sides with a spatula.
- After candy has hardened, melt chocolate in microwave. Use 30 second intervals till melted.
- Smear chocolate onto toffee.
