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MARGARET’S NUT BUTTER TOFFEE

 

Crunchy Nut Butter Toffee makes a wonderful gift, wrapped in a cellophane bag and tied with colorful ribbons. This is buttery, chocolatey and very hard to resist. This is our best version after many toffee experiments. You will need a candy thermometer.

 

Ingredients:

2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter

1  1/2 cups sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon corn syrup

3/4 teaspoon sea salt or kosher salt

1 tablespoon white vinegar

2 tablespoons water

2 cups dark or milk chocolate chips or broken bar pieces

1 cup chopped nuts (cashews or pecans are our favorite)

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1.  Melt butter in a medium sized saucepan over medium heat and add remaining                                              ingredients, stir occasionally just until the sugar is dissolved.

 2.  Without stirring bring the mixture just up to 300º on a candy thermometer. Watch this closely as         the temperature rises quickly, do not let it exceed 300º.

3.  Pour the hot mixture onto a silicone or greased parchment lined baking pan. After 3 minutes cover      with chocolate bits and wait 2 minutes- spread melted chocolate evenly and cover with chopped          nuts.

4.  Let toffee cool for at least two hours and break into desired size pieces.