Butter Crunch Toffee

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 3/4 cup nuts, broken pieces
• 4 semi-sweet chocolate baking squares, melted
• 1/4 cup nuts, finely chopped

Recipe

• 1 butter a 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
• 2 in a 2-quart saucepan, melt the butter over low heat. remove from heat and add sugar, stirring until well-blended.
• 3 return to low heat and stir rapidly until the mixture reaches a full rolling boil. add water and corn syrup. mix well.
• 4 stir and cook over low heat to the soft crack stage (290f degrees).
• 5 remove from heat and add 3/4 cup nuts at once.
• 6 pour the mixture into the prepared baking pan and quickly spread with a spatula.
• 7 when cool, remove from the pan and place on waxed paper.
• 8 spread the melted chocolate over the top. sprinkle with finely chopped nuts.
• 9 allow the chocolate to set before breaking into serving-size pieces.