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Christmas: Toffee Butter Crunch

Source of Recipe

Grandpoohbah


Recipe Introduction

GP's 2003 12-Days-of-Christmas Cookies Day 8

List of Ingredients

1 cup butter
1 1/3 cups sugar
1 tablespoon light corn syrup
3 tablespoons water
1 cup coarsely chopped blanched almonds, toasted
4 4½-ounce bars milk chocolate, melted
1 cup finely chopped blanched almonds, toasted


Recipe

Melt butter in a large saucepan. Add sugar, corn syrup, and water. Cook over medium heat, stirring now and then, to hard-crack stage (300 F on your candy thermometer) - watch carefully after temperature reaches 280 F.

Quickly stir in coarsely chopped nuts; spread in well-greased 13x9 inch pan. Cool thoroughly. Turn out on waxed paper; spread top with half the melted chocolate; sprinkle with half the finely chopped nuts. Cover with waxed paper; invert; spread again with remaining chocolate. Sprinkle top with remaining nuts. If necessary, chill to firm chocolate.

Break into pieces.