Grandma's Famous Christmas Almond Butter Toffee

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 cups real butter
• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 2 2/3 cups sugar
• 6 tablespoons water
• 8 ounces milk chocolate candy bars, melted (like hershey bars)
• 2 1/2 cups sliced almonds, toasted
• 2/3 cup toasted almond, finely chopped

Recipe

• 1 melt butter in a heavy 4 quart saucepan. add sugar syrup and water.
• 2 cook mixture, stirring often to hard crack stage (300f on a candy thermometer and medium golden brown)
• 3 watch carefully after syrup reaches 230f - do not over cook - it will scorch! - do not under cook - it will not be brittle. test in cold water - it will be of brittle texture.
• 4 quickly stir in the sliced toasted almonds. turn out on large ungreased cookie sheet or jelly roll pan.
• 5 melt chocolate in double boiler over hot water.
• 6 after candy sets, spread with melted chocolate.
• 7 sprinkle finely chopped almonds over soft chocolate.
• 8 chill entire candy; then break into sizable pieces.