Old Fashioned Macintosh Toffee

Submitted by Chef Dee

"This is the best toffee I have ever tasted. It is a popular item at the Christmas Farmer's Market here,with just 4 ingredients it's easy to make. We prefer to decrease the cooking time slightly for a softer toffee."

 

• Ready In: 17mins
• Ingredients: 4
• Yields: 24 pieces

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 1 (11 ounce) can condensed milk
• 1⁄4 cup corn syrup
• 1 1⁄4 cups brown sugar, packed

directions

1. Grease an 8" cake pan.
2. In a large heavy saucepan, soften the butter.
3. Stir in remaining ingredients.
4. Stirring constantly, bring to a boil over medium high heat.
5. Candy thermometer should reach 260 degrees or hard ball.
6. Stir constantly as it will stick to the pan easily.
7. Pour into pan quickly and cool.
8. You may make a softer toffee by decreasing cooking time slightly.

Reviews

[cathyhil]

I'm going to have to try this, but for those who complain about the hardness, that's one of the things I remember most about MacIntosh Toffee. Half the fun was having to smash and bash it to pieces to be able to eat it. The soft squishy stuff that's marketed today as MacIntosh Toffee has about half the taste as the original.

 

[polarpegs]

Just made this for Christmas baking. Was very good. I wanted a soft and chewy toffee like Mackintosh toffee I grew up with, so after reading reviews I decided to test my toffee as I was cooking I dropped a bit in water every so often and used a brand new candy thermometer. When it got to 240 degrees it was just perfect. My daughter and I agree. It wasn't quite as flavourful as I would like and next time I may add some vanilla extract or some butterscotch flavoring just to boost the flavor a bit but all in all, this recipe is going in my book of go to recipes

 

[Ljb95008]

Tastes exactly like I remembered. And I was able to recreate the soft (258) and the hard (263) toffee. Most recent trial. I use 35% cream instead of condensed milk and honey instead of corn syrup ( that's what I had in my pantry). It cane out slightly different but stull great

 

[Susan F.]

I made this for my husband who wanted soft bonfire toffee for Guy Fawkes night. I changed the quarter cup of corn syrup to half molasses and half golden syrup. It was excellent!

 

[jaclee05]

I have just made this after I tried making fudge, which didn't turn out too well, so I added half the fudge to this recipie , which made a softer toffee. I am very pleased with the result.