English Toffee Recipe

Recipe: #32222

May 22, 2019

Categories: Candy

recipe by:
Fizzybrat

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recipe by:
Fizzybrat

"a family favorite. I tend to make this without the addition of chocolate"

Original recipe yields 16 servings

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Ingredients

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1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1⁄4 cup water

1⁄2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)
1 cup pecans, coarsely broken (optional)

Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (55.9 g)
Calories 204.6
Total Fat - 17 g
Saturated Fat - 8.2 g
Cholesterol - 30.5 mg
Sodium - 7175.4 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 14 g
Dietary Fiber - 0.7 g
Sugars - 13.3 g
Protein - 0.8 g
Calcium - 12.9 mg
Iron - 0.2 mg
Vitamin C - 0.1 mg
Thiamin - 0 mg

Step 1

In heavy saucepan, combine butter, sugar, water, and salt.

Step 2

Cook to hard-crack stage (300°F) stirring constantly. Watch carefully, this can burn quickly

Step 3

Immediately pour into ungreased 13"x9" pan.

Step 4

Cool until hard.

Step 5

Melt chocolate over hot, but not boiling water.

Step 6

Spread over toffee; sprinkle with nuts, pressing them into chocolate.

Step 7

Let stand 2-3 hours or chill 30 minutes.

Step 8

Break into bite-size pieces.

English Toffee