English Toffee

Easy to build too perfect for gifting, Old Fashioned English linguistic communication Toffee dusted amongst grated almonds – a identify unit of measurement favorite for generations!

English Toffee is a favorite process of all our friends too family. It volition operate 1 of your identify unit of measurement favorites too!  Don’t live afraid to larn inwards because it’s pretty tardily too fifty-fifty if it’s non perfect, it nonetheless tastes great.  If y'all haven’t ever tried making homemade candy, this may live a good recipe to starting fourth dimension with.

 

Enjoy this heirloom recipe for English linguistic communication Toffee.

I received this recipe years agone from my friend Gretchen who also was my hairdresser.  We moved 600 miles away too then I had to lastly intermission downward too discovery a novel barber friend, but when I was nonetheless able to visit Gretchen for a haircut, she shared a slice of this English linguistic communication Toffee amongst me.  Gretchen had received it as a gift from some other client.  I begged her to larn the recipe for me too she lastly agreed, if I would larn inwards too convey her a pocket-size tin each Christmas.  She got the recipe too I made it, 1 time again too again.  Don’t y'all honey a corking partnership?! That was to a greater extent than than xx years agone too I’m nonetheless making this same recipe today.  I’ve seen many similar recipes over the years but I intend I’ll stick amongst this English linguistic communication Toffee since I’ve ever had corking success.

 

This is the actual recipe I received amongst paw written notes all over the place. My favorite sort of recipe!

Using adept character butter too margarine is primal to a successful batch of toffee.

I talk from experience when I state not all butters too margarines are created equal.  You tin give the axe build the toffee amongst all butter if y'all prefer, but I similar it best amongst the combination of margarine too butter. Also, experience gratuitous to purpose whatever brands y'all unremarkably use, but I recommend  Land-O-Lakes Butter too Parkay Margarine.  All y'all require is a few adept ingredients: granulated sugar, calorie-free corn syrup, margarine, butter, milk chocolate chips, water, too dry soil almonds or pecans.

For a successful batch of toffee, prep all your ingredients earlier y'all start.

Have all your ingredients read to operate equally this recipe moves pretty fast. I also recommend using a candy or instant read thermometer for perfect results every time.

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English Toffee

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Total Time

30 mins

 

A identify unit of measurement favorite for generations

Course:

Candy

Author: Tricia

Ingredients

• 
  1
  cup
  unsalted butter
  


• 
  1
  cup
  margarine
  


• 
  2
  cups
  granulated sugar
  


• 
  2
  tablespoons
  light corn syrup
  


• 
  6
  tablespoons
  water
  


• 
  1
  (12 ounce) bundle milk chocolate chips
  


• 
  1
  cup
  ground almonds
  

Instructions

1. 
   

   Melt butter too margarine inwards a heavy saucepan. Add the sugar, corn syrup too water.

   
   


2. 
   

   Cook on medium estrus (turn downward equally the mixture starts to darken) stirring constantly until the mixture reaches 310 degrees (hard cleft stage).

   
   


3. 
   

   Once the mixture starts to plow a calorie-free caramel color, starting fourth dimension turning downward the estrus to forestall it from scorching or turning nighttime besides fast.

   
   


4. 
   

   Pour into a lightly buttered pan simply about 10" x 15". Once slightly ready but nonetheless really hot, sprinkle milk chocolate chips over the toffee. When the chocolate chips are soft, spread evenly on exceed of the candy.

   
   


5. 
   
   Sprinkle amongst dry soil almonds. Cool too intermission into seize amongst teeth size pieces.
   
   


6. 
   
   Store inwards an airtight container
   
   

Recipe Notes

Substitute pecans or walnuts for the almonds if y'all prefer.

 

Dark chocolate or semisweet chocolate chips are also corking for this recipe.

Here’s a few to a greater extent than candy recipes y'all mightiness also enjoy:

Homemade Almond Roca Recipe

 

 

Buckeye Candy Recipe

Peanut Butter Fudge Recipe

Originally published Dec 2010, updated Nov 2018

Enjoy!  Thanks too then much for stopping by!  Tricia

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