Vegan English Toffee Food

ENGLISH TOFFEE

Steps:

• Get a cookie sheet ready with wax paper on it.
• In a medium size pan on medium heat, melt margarine and sugar.
• Stir constantly until you reach 285 degrees on the candy thermometer.
• (Usually about 15 minutes when hard crack stage sets in. You can also test in a glass of cold water by dropping in a bit and seeing if it hardens and is crunchy, which means it is ready).
• Pour mixture onto wax paper cookie sheet and let cool.
• This is the time to add nuts as well.
• In a double boiler (or in a pot that is atop a pot of steaming water) melt 1 teaspoon of shortening, and then add a 12-ounce bag of chocolate chips.
• When melted, pour on one side of the toffee batch, and spread out.
• Put in fridge and let cool.
• When chocolate has hardened flip entire toffee batch over on another piece of wax paper and peel off old wax paper.
• Repeat double boiler procedure and put in fridge.
• After cooled, you can now break up and eat.
• Store candy in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.

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.