Jos Christmas English Toffee Food

ENGLISH TOFFEE

Steps:

• In heavy saucepan, combine butter, sugar, water, and salt.
• Cook to hard-crack stage (300°F) stirring with a WOODEN SPOON constantly and watching carefully. Do not try a plastic spoon, it will melt into your delicious candy!
• Immediately pour into ungreased 13"x9" pan.
• Cool until hard.
• Melt chocolate over hot, but not boiling water.
• Spread over toffee; sprinkle with nuts, pressing them into chocolate.
• Let stand 2-3 hours or chill 30 minutes.
• Break into bite-size pieces.

ENGLISH TOFFEE

Steps:

• Grease a 15x10x1-in. pan with 1 tablespoon butter; set aside. In a large heavy saucepan, melt the remaining butter. Add the sugar, corn syrup and salt; cook and stir over medium heat until a candy thermometer reads 295° (hard-crack stage). Quickly pour into prepared pan. Let stand at room temperature until cool, about 1 hour. , In a microwave, heat chocolate chips for 30 seconds; stir. Repeat until chocolate is melted and smooth. Spread over toffee. Sprinkle with pecans. Let stand until chocolate is set, about 1 hour. Break into bite-size pieces. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.

JO'S CHRISTMAS ENGLISH TOFFEE

Steps:

• Prepare a 9 by 12 baking pan. I cut a piece of parchement paper to fit the bottom.
• In a heavy medium sized saucepan - put in 1 cup sugar and the butter. Melt over low-medium heat. Add water. Stir frequently. Using a candy thermometer, cook to 300 degrees F. This should take approximately 15-20 minutes.
• When the mixture has reached 300 degrees, pour into prepared pan. This will - of course- be very hot! Put the pan on a heatproof surface. If the mixture does not spread out evenly, use a heat-proof spatula to spread out the mixture to an even layer. It does not have to be perfect, and the thick pieces will taste just fine! When you are finished spreading the mixture, sprinkle the chocolate chips evenly over the top of the HOT mixture. These chips will melt very quickly, then smooth them over the top of the toffee mixture with a spatula (don't mix!) As soon as the chocolate has set (cooled slightly) sprinkle lightly with the pecans. Tap the pan against the counter to "set" the nuts. Let cool. Break into pieces.