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English Toffee. Melt chocolate over hot, but not boiling water. English toffee is the epitome of classic toffee. It's rich and buttery, with a firm snap and a crisp English toffee can be a little temperamental to make, so don't be discouraged if it takes you a few.

English Toffee Toffee is a confection made by caramelizing sugar or molasses (creating inverted sugar) along with butter, and occasionally flour. While being prepared, toffee is sometimes mixed with nuts or raisins. Top this crunchy, caramel toffee with dark chocolate and toasted nuts. You can cook English Toffee using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of English Toffee

  1. Prepare 1 lb of unsalted butter.
  2. It's 2 cup of granulated sugar.
  3. It's 1/4 tsp of salt.
  4. It's 1/4 tsp of black pepper.
  5. You need 1/4 tsp of cayenne pepper.
  6. You need 2 cup of slivered almonds.
  7. You need 3 1/2 oz of chopped dark chocolate.
  8. Prepare 3 1/2 oz of chopped milk chocolate.
  9. You need 1 cup of chopped mixed nuts.
  10. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.

It's so easy to make and keeps for weeks. This English Toffee recipe comes from our Aunt Delsa. It's the best toffee recipe I have ever tried. (And I've tried a bunch). The texture is perfect, and the flavor divine.

English Toffee step by step

  1. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside to be ready for hot toffee.
  2. In a large heavy saucepan combine butter, sugar salt and peppers, bring to a boil, stirring until melted. Stop stirring and et boil until mixture reaches 280 o n a candy thermometer, it will be golden brown..
  3. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and slivered almonds, being careful mixture is very hot ad will bubble..
  4. Pour onto prepared parchment lined baking sheet, let sit a minute then evenly apply chopped chocolate, let melt a minute and then with an off set spatula evenly smooth chocolate over toffee, sprinle chopped nuts on evenly while chocolate is warm. let cool completely then place in refrigerator until chocolate becomes set. Break into pieces.
  5. This candy freezes really well, take out as many pieces as you want and keep the rest frozen!.
  6. NOTE; THE CAYENNE AND BLACKK PEPPER ARE NOT TO MAKE THE CANDY SPICY HOT! IT JUST ADDS A BALANCE TO THE SWEETENESS AND ENHANCES IT! THAT BEING SAID, THEY CAN BE OMITED IF YOU LIKE!.

If you've ever felt intimidated by candy making, give this English toffee recipe a try. Our recipe will help you get it right the first time with step by step instructions and photographs. Today I'm sharing my favorite English toffee recipe that tastes amazingly delicious and is so addicting! Everyone I've shared this easy English toffee recipe with absolutely loves it. Toffee is a confection made from sugar and butter with a pleasingly creamy, melting texture.