English Toffee

Submitted by Tandy Higgins

"Great at Christmas time. Easy to make"

 

• Ready In: 21mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 20 pieces
• Serves: 10

ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 tablespoon corn syrup
• 3 teaspoons water
• 1 cup english walnuts
• 24 ounces Hershey Bars

directions

1. Boil all ingredients to 290 degrees.
2. Butter 9x13 pan and spread with english walnuts.
3. Pour hot mixture over nuts and crumble hershey bars over. cool and it will crackle.

Reviews

[twiggyshell]

great recipe, theres actually another on zaar thats virtually the same as this. i quartered this recipe just to make enough for an 8x8 pan of toffee blondies! i omitted the chocolate and walnuts of course. yumm! easy and simple, melt your butter and stir in the sugar and water and corn syrup, when it turns into a shade a bit darker than brown sugar it is ready! it will be pretty clear, since youll see the color change from a pale yellow to a lovely tan golden, i dont have a thermometer so thats what i did.

 

[Banks]

This is excellent, and really quick and easy! It's my first time making toffee and it was delicate and buttery just like I'd hoped. I skipped the chocolate and instead put walnut and almond chunks on the baking sheet, then poured the bubbly toffee over it. I put the butter in the pan first and then while it was melting I added the sugar, water, and corn syrup. I did stir the mixture occasionally while it was boiling, using a whisk or spatula. What makes hard candy difficult to burn is when you turn down the heat as it approaches the target temperature, bringing it to a slow and gradual peak. That's what I did and it turned out perfect. Just the crunchy, delicate, flaky toffee I was looking for.

 

[Soup Fly]

Holy cow! This is delicious!! This was my first attempt at making anything with a candy thermometer and I burned the first batch, but it is such a simple recipe and I thought I was so close that I just couldn't give up. So, I made another batch the same day and am I ever glad I did! I only used about half the amount of chocolate called for, but feel it is plenty. Yum!! PAC Spring 2008 selection.