During World War II my grandmother made candy. She knew that with sugar rationing, candy making would be a nice little cottage industry, that she could make money with and help support the family. I remember seeing a cookbook just for candy at her house one day, and she told me about her little candy-making venture.
First off, anyone having a cookbook just for candy is a great person to have as a Grandmother! But it all started to make sense to me. A homemade household makes for a happy home. Sure she could have just gone to the store for candy to give us when we visited, but she didn't. And because she did not, I got a loving lesson about my own heritage.
But there was just one problem, I was afraid of the whole soft-ball stage, the brittle threads in the cold water stage, and most of all the candy thermometer! Yep, I was a candy baby...and fortunately, I found this recipe and started taking back my candy-making fears. So yes, let's make Toffee, shall we? because the hardest part of this recipe is waiting for it to cool!
- walnuts
- butter
- brown sugar, you can make your own, recipe here.
- chocolate chips
- small baking pan or spring-form pan
- foil
- large saucepan - to prevent splatters of hot candy mixture!
- stirring spoon
- measuring cups
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Easy to Make Toffee |
adapted http://whichname.blogspot.com/
1/2 c butter
3/4 c brown sugar
1 c largely broken walnut pieces (between 1/4 - 1/2 inch in size)
1/2 c chocolate chips
Butter (or spray with Pam) the bottom and sides of an 8" pan, scatter walnuts over the bottom. Note: for gift-giving, prepare a spring-form pan. Cover in foil, then butter the foil. Scatter the walnut pieces over the bottom of the pan.
Pour cooked toffee mixture evenly over the walnuts, rotate the pan gently for the Toffee to into the corners of a square pan.
Sprinkle with the chocolate chips, let sit one minute, spread chocolate to cover the entire surface.
When cool, break into pieces.
For gift-giving, I like to present Easy to Make Toffee whole and let them break it before enjoying it. Remove the candy still encased in the foil from the spring-form pan, and gift wrap as desired.
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1/2 c butter
3/4 c brown sugar
1 c largely broken walnut pieces (between 1/4 - 1/2 inch in size)
1/2 c chocolate chips
Butter (or spray with Pam) the bottom and sides of an 8" pan, scatter walnuts over the bottom. Note: for gift-giving, prepare a spring-form pan. Cover in foil, then butter the foil. Scatter the walnut pieces over the bottom of the pan.
When cool, break into pieces.
For gift-giving, I like to present Easy to Make Toffee whole and let them break it before enjoying it. Remove the candy still encased in the foil from the spring-form pan, and gift wrap as desired.
Woo hoo! What a great treat! Yum!!!
ReplyDeleteIt is so good, and the best part, so easy!
DeleteThat sounds easy and tasty. - Margy
ReplyDeleteWith my limited candy making skills, this one is a keeper! Thanks for stopping by!
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