Old Fashioned Toffee Recipe

"I had a wonderful childhood with my grandparents, parents, siblings, and my aunt and uncle and older cousins Cindy and Marcia all working the ranch. I have such fond memories of all us girls in the kitchen making this toffee with my grandmother. Originally my Great-Aunt Gladys' recipe, Ma's sister."

Original is 36 servings

Metric US

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Ingredients

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1 pound butter, melted
2 cups sugar (ground)
2 teaspoons light corn syrup

5 tablespoons water
12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/8 cup chopped walnuts

Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (36 g)
Calories 187.6
Total Fat - 13.6 g
Saturated Fat - 6.8 g
Cholesterol - 27.1 mg
Sodium - 4.9 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 16.8 g
Dietary Fiber - 0.9 g
Sugars - 12.2 g
Protein - 0.4 g
Calcium - 9.2 mg
Iron - 0.2 mg
Vitamin C - 0 mg
Thiamin - 0 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

Melt butter in saucepan. Spread foil over 2 large rimmed cookie sheets and brush with some of the melted butter. Measure chocolate chips into two equal parts. Measure half the nuts into two equal parts.

Step 2

To saucepan, stir in sugar, corn syrup, water and nuts, slowly bring to a boil.

Step 3

Watch for 209 degrees (soft crack stage) on candy thermometer. Pour onto foil and quickly spread and reshape to fill cookie sheet.

Step 4

Let set for 2 minutes, then sprinkle half the chocolate chips on top. After another 2 minutes, spread the softened chocolate chips and sprinkle with half the nuts.

Step 5

Flip toffee over onto second foil-lined cookie sheet and immediately sprinkle remaining chocolate chips on top. Wait 2 minutes then spread softened chocolate. Sprinkle remaining nuts on top.