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English Toffee

Author: Katie

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.

Notes

Save some almonds for the top if you prefer. Add on top of chocolate when still wet.