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An easy candy favorite at Christmas time. In heavy saucepan, combine butter, sugar, water, and salt. In a large heavy saucepan, melt the remaining butter. You can have English Toffee using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of English Toffee

It's 1 cup of sugar.
Prepare 1 cup of butter or margerine.
You need 3 tbsp of water.
It's 1 tsp of vanilla.
It's 1 of milk chocolate bar (4 1/2 oz).
Prepare 1/2 cup of finely chopped pecans.

Turns out just like the English Toffee you buy at the chocolate store. Use medium heat when cooking on the stove. I chopped the almonds in the mini food processor to make things easier. A Silpat works well to instead of parchment paper.

English Toffee instructions

Combine sugar, butter, and water in heavy saucepan. Cook to 300°, or hard crack stage, stirring constantly..
Add vanilla. Pour into buttered 9x9x1 1/2" pan. Cool 5 minutes..
Break chocolate bar in pieces; sprinkle over top. Spread as it melts. Sprinkle with nuts, pressing them lightly into chocolate. Cool; break into pieces..
Makes 24 to 36 pieces..
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Put butter, sugar, and water in a heavy pan or skillet over medium-high heat. This is the BEST homemade English Toffee Recipe, hands down! This is such an easy and QUICK treat to make for the Christmas holidays. You don't even need a candy thermometer! Eric is re-washing the sheet pan that he just washed, because there was still butter on it from making this toffee recipe on it today.