English Toffee

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, melted
• 2 tablespoons butter, for greasing pan
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup slivered almonds
• 1 cup chocolate chips, high quality

Recipe

• 1 butter a 10 x 15 inch jelly roll pan.
• 2 melt 1 cup butter in deep, heavy saucepan over medium heat.
• 3 add sugar, water and salt and cook, stirring until sugar is dissolved.
• 4 bring to boil, simmer, stirring frequently, until mixture is color of a brown paper bag and temperature registers 300 f on a candy thermometer (about 5- 6 minutes).
• 5 remove from heat, stir in almonds and pour mixture into prepared pan.
• 6 smooth the top with a buttered heat proof spatula.
• 7 with a paper towel, carefull blot the top (mixture is hot) to remove any excess butter.
• 8 immediately scatter chocolate chips on top.
• 9 let stand until melted, about 1 minute, then spread evenly over top.
• 10 this is when i pressed the ground almonds into the chocolate.
• 11 cool to room termperature, then chill 20 minutes before breaking into pieces.
• 12 layer between wax paper in airtight container and store in refrigerator up to 2 wekks.