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    Sesame Toffee

    Source of Recipe

    recipezaar

    List of Ingredients

    1 cup sesame seed
    1 cup butter
    1 cup white sugar
    1/2 cup packed brown sugar
    3 tablespoons water
    3/4 teaspoon baking soda

    Recipe

    1. Spread sesame seeds on baking sheet; bake in 350F oven for 15 minutes or until golden.
    2. Reserve half of the seeds; sprinkle remaining seeds over well-greased 13x9 cake pan; set aside.
    3. In saucepan, bring butter, sugars and water to a boil, stirring constantly.
    4. Cook, stirring often, until candy thermometer reaches soft-crack stage of 285F and when 1/2 tsp syrup dropped into very cold water separates into threads that are hard but not brittle.
    5. Immediately remove from heat; stir in baking soda.
    6. Pour over sesame seeds in prepared pan; let cool 5 minutes.
    7. Sprinkle with reserved sesame seeds, pressing lightly into toffee.
    8. Let cool until firm; break into pieces.
    9. Store toffee between sheets of waxed paper in an airtight container; keeps for about 1 month.

 

 

 


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