clear toffee recipe

Can’t I use regular… I’d not why? Tastes very similar to a skor bar. They will love this. So glad you love it as much as we do Lisa! I’m sure they enjoyed this special treat and yay you for making it your own! Follow me on Facebook and Instagram too! If it was cloudy the chocolate Awesome! Just keep stirring and cooking! https://www.kidspot.com.au/kitchen/recipes/toffee-recipe/nb0uckah It may have already been mentioned, but make sure you use a wooden spoon, when stirring after the 6 minutes. Hope you can help. and they are chey. I put my wooden spoons in the dish washer all the time, but will start washing them by hand. I’ve just gone with what my aunt said, and brown sugar sounds good too! I use about 2 Ghirardelli bricks per batch. Use a knife to gently break it into smaller pieces. I’d give it another try, it’s so good it is definitely worth a second batch! You have to use a good CANDY thermometer and cook the mixture until the temperature is between 290 and 300 degrees. I LOVE TOFFEE! And now for the fun part. The differences? Just made this. I start the candy with a small glass if ice water to have it ready. Personalized chicken ornaments for Nugget, http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705267581/Toffee-break–How-to-avoid-the-dreaded-separation-anxiety.html?pg=all, Chocolate chips or melting chocolate wafers. I remember cooking it in the microwave before, but this time I used a pan. Happy Thanksgiving and a huge thank you to your son for his service. It ended up great. I will definitely make this again, and show my friends your instructions. Lots of great recipes! Required fields are marked *. I have been using this recipe for several years. Margarine does not work at ALL in this recipe. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a mixer, beat the butter, sugar, egg yolk, and vanilla. Use what you want: almonds, walnuts, etc. 1 c. sugar Yes! Hi. Add butter, sugar, and salt to a heavy bottomed 3 quart pot. I am so sorry to hear this! Just followed your recipe to a “t” and the toffee separated in the end into a pool of butter. There is buttery edges leaking out all the way around. We are not a fan of nuts but need a crunch. Store in an airtight container in a cool place. It looked like glass; super reflective. My only issue was some of the chocolate separated when breaking it up. Those are the two main factors and it sounds like you are doing it right. Also, the color of the toffee is more blonde in color and not the nice caramel color in your pics. Just made my first batch and it turned out fantastic. Followed the instructions to a “T”. If your toffee doesn’t have a hard texture (where you can snap it in half) you did not cook it long enough. I was excited to try this today. I made it tonight and it is amazing. doesn’t have to be refrigerated but it keeps better that way .air tight container is a must fyi instead of pecans put 1 cup of slivered raw almonds in after sugar comes together and sprinkle sliced almond on top of chocolate while hot you have rocka. Required fields are marked *. My stove in this house cooks much higher and faster (it’s gas) than the stove at my other house (electric). No temps, no candy thermometer, no special tools required. It’s crazy how different stoves vary so much. I just let it run on its own and pour it across the pan instead of directly in the center. Other recipes I’ve looked at use brown sugar instead of white, and i’m thinking the brown will dissolve better. At this time my only guess is with the vanilla in the 2nd batch. Soooo easy and foolproof if quality ingredients are used, and you pay attention to the directions. The first batch flopped, but it’s been great ever since! One of my FAVORITE holiday treats is this English toffee. If you added nuts to your baking sheet, pour the toffee over the nuts. Please help! I have made a lot of toffee in my time and in my experience, if your toffee turned out light colored and sticky then it wasn’t cooked to a high enough temperature. I also was trying to spread over the whole cookie sheet but I think that is why it is too thin but can’t figure out why it doesn’t taste rich or buttery. This toffee tastes good, the toffee recipe I have uses almonds. sorry i’m 12, and not terribly smart, so here goes: 1) my stovetop isn’t labeled as med high, high; it only has the numbers 1-8. what should med-high be? Are you using real butter? I brought it up to 300 as required by our family recipe, but maybe too quickly. Thanks again for the photos. I bombed the microwave peanut brittle (I’m trying again tomorrow!) pinch of salt It tasted fine, but was chewy and sticky. (Up to this point, I had not used a candy thermometer.) The whisk is of good quality. Maybe I just need to cook until it starts to smoke, like it says somewhere in this post. I tried it this afternoon with success. Love this easy, tasty recipe, Thank you, The chocolate shouldn’t separate at all and there is no reason to turn it over. If you make one of my projects, I’d love to see it! One baking sheet per batch. Your email address will not be published. The color should be a warm ‘toffee’ shade. Disclosure: I was compensated for this post by Challenge Butter. Next time, I will double the recipe. I don’t use a thermometer. What gives? Made this exactly as listed. Science can be a crazy thing! Thank you. I have never used a candy thermometer, so I was a bit hesitant. You should always hand wash wooden spoons with soap and warm to hot water only. Put butter/sugar mixture into a pan large enough to allow the mixture to expand to double in volume. I guess the heat has to be just perfect. When the toffee is brown, it will be kind of frothy, like a little foamy in consistency. Thank you, this is a keeper.-carri. Thank you, thank you, thank you! At school, I share a lot of what I make with my friends. That’s very strange. Undercooked toffee will not set up right. Wooden spoons are an important utensil in the kitchen and most good cooks have more than one. I do have a weird tip. Learn More About The Author. Glad you could save it! Once it had the chocolate on it, I’m not sure if there is a way to salvage or turn it into something else. I used a wood spoon, I added more salt since my butter sticks were unsalted, I added a tbsp of half and half, and what’s more, I turned UP the heat a bit. It saved me this Christmas. Kate, I was also wondering about using pretzels. I figured I just didn’t cook it long enough. Hi Connie, I’m not sure! Thnx! I’ll answer those questions and show you how to turn your next batch around in the right direction. My toffee recipe that is a little bit different than yours, (no brown sugar, water or baking soda), goes from boiling away looking like what I call “marshmellowy”, and then the oil separates out from the candy. It will start dissolving the toffee left inside and make it easier to clean. Chocolate peanu, @a.perfectly.imperfect.family sends us a box of fr. I tried two other recipes before I found yours; both more complicated and time consuming; both failures! Clip a candy thermometer to the side of the pot, if using. Did you use unsalted butter? Thanks for the recipe! I learned the hard way why you should use a wooden spoon, as the first time I made some I used plastic and it melted. My other questions weren’t answered. Yay! Hi Trish! After it has set up, break toffee into pieces. it was BEAUTIFUL. Fingers crossed! First time making candy and this recipe was easy! I only buy salted butter so maybe that’s why I’ve never had my toffee separate. Thank you for a great recipe. Try these Peanut Butter Pretzel Truffles (easiest candy EVER), these Chocolate Mint Cream Cheese Buttons (always a crowd pleaser) or check out my 30 Last Minute Christmas Treats here. . I won’t be doing that again! My husband’s job is having a charity fundraiser tomorrow. Looks just like the picture!! Actually, if you click through to the link I shared (where I found this exact recipe) you can read reviews of how others tinkered with the timing and had great results. Unwrap the toffees and put in a plastic food bag and smash with a rolling pin to break them into small pieces. Third time’s a charm! I do one minute at a time, and it take only 1 or 2 minutes more, and turns out very good. It should harden within a couple of minutes. If you hit 5 minutes and your toffee still isn't the color of a brown paper bag, add an extra minute. Made this Christmas Eve day 2017 and did exactly what the recipe stated. Thanks in advance sometimes it is the butter and it has to butter and not margarine or the butter sub also if you melt it too fast it will separate. Thank you! yum! I made this earlier today. Sweet, soft cookies packed with toffee pieces and just slightly salted. Butter is a key ingredient in any caramel or toffee recipe. My stove is electric, had it on medium entire time. But it is not done until it has turned the color of a. Thanks for the recipe! You add a tsp. The butter melts as it heats so you can add the sugar all at once or after it begins to melt. Finely grated pecans for top -Melt butter and add sugar, Karo, and water. Used 2 sticks butter, 1c white sugar, 1c light brown sugar, 1c heavy cream but forgot the vanilla but added corn syrup. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the … Every stove is different, but I think med-high (just under high) would work. I think I need to get more than one saucepan! I used semi sweet chocolate. I’ll have to try that! It looks like several people have this problem and I don’t see where you really addressed it except to say that toffee needs to be warm when you spread on chocolate. After the start of a fool boil, I timed it for 5 minutes, and it never got to 300 on the thermometer. Those heath bits sounds yummy! Lift the parchment out of the baking dish and place the toffee on a cutting board or solid surface. So….is a couple Tablespoons of water of much importance? If you have to cut it, cut it with the chocolate side down. Don’t know why it helps , but it does. I learned that butter will separate when heat is too high. My buttery walnut sugar free toffee candy has only 5 ingredients plus salt and takes minutes. WHEREs the milk in the recipe? It’s my all time favorite treat. So glad you enjoyed it! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. There are differences of opinion as to what degree the toffee needs to get to so I use the ice water drop method and if it hardens up and has a good crunch factor, I quickly pull it off the heat and pour it in the prepared pan. I hate wasting ingredients but I didn’t try to cook it the second time. My daughter and I made this tonight. It is SO good! And yes, you absolutely need a candy thermometer for this recipe. Can I reheat it… or anything else? just tried your toffee recipe…cooked it to 295, but the sugar still hadn’t dissolved (my thermometer is fine, as I made caramels last night and they turned out fine). I have only made this for Christmas so the heat is on in the house. Thanks for this recipe! Between your detailed instructions and all of the comments, I realize that I didn’t have my heat high enough. The chocolate separates from mine too. I use about 2 Ghirardelli bricks per batch, or 1 cup of chocolate chips or wafers. How many times would I need to multiply the recipe?? Just let me know. If you do try it, I’d love to know how it turns out in the end. Not all but several pieces. Do you think a bottom layer of pretzels might work? These Brown Butter Toffee Cookies are flavored with vanilla and a generous amount of perfectly browned butter. I tried this but it didn’t work. If you need to raise the pan off the heat for a second you can do that and then return it back to the heat, but keep stirring the whole time. Your email address will not be published. Love your blog, I made this toffee today, I should have read the comments before cutting it, the chocolate separated on most of it. Sweet milk chocolate, crunchy pecans, and rich, buttery toffee – what’s not to love? So far they look and smell good! I made this recipe today. And you must use a WOODEN spoon. Thank you for sharing at Sweet Inspiration Link Party . I hate wasting ingredients too, especially 1 cup of butter! . If you follow the recipe to the tee it works every time I use Amber (her comment is on my blog) had her first batch turn out soft, but after troubleshooting with me, she’s made 4 perfect batches since! My only issue is the toffee is not brittle; it’s more like a hard fudge consistency. I’ve only used baking soda when I make caramel popcorn. If it’s clear and dry it all comes together perfectly. Melt Ghirardelli bricks or wafers, Wilton melting chocolate, chocolate chips, or any other variety of melting chocolate in the microwave at 30-second intervals until smooth. Nothing it worse than soft, separated, or gritty toffee. I just made the toffee a couple days ago, and I was very pleased with it. Let me know if you have any more questions!! This is the best recipe ever and so easy!! Thanks for the info! Also, I noticed the cream was separating from the butter-another problem people had. I’m wondering if it never got hot enough to change color? Fill a large bowl with ice water and set it aside. I’m going to try with the butter and wooden spoon, and let it cook, until it is “frothy,” Your pictures really came in handy. Cook, stirring, until the butter is melted. Hope that helps! It’s a waste of money trying these recipes if I have to throw them out. Also, I am filling molds rather than pouring the toffee onto pans to make ‘bark.’ All the shapes are quite thick (maybe an inch?) Great tip! The cooking time and other directions are listed in this post. What caused that? I then poured it into a pan and boiled it until it reached the right color, stirring slowly. The 5 minute cook time is just a guide. Hope you have a fantastic weekend and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday! Hi Brenda! I haven’t ever tried to switch up the recipe. This cutie is working on a hat for her big brother, Tomorrow is all about gingerbread cookies for Sant, I screamed, did a dance, then ran inside to tell t, Gnomes and llamas made their way to our Christmas, Does your family do a nativity or program on Chris, I made our family this Christmas quilt 4 years ago, Making one of his favorite treats. Not a pecan fan? My first time making any kind of candy on the stovetop (ok, so I made divinity right before this, but it didn’t require the stirring or the eye), and it turned out great! I only had chocolate fall off the pieces I broke the opposite way. As long as the copper is heavy duty, I don’t think that would be the cause. I don’t know the reasoning behind the spoon either except my aunt said I have to use it, haha! at the very end of the process before pouring over the popcorn. It’s my favorite candy recipe! Thanks for the step-by-step and the photos. I’m not as intimidated as I have been. A tradition every Christmas!! Each time I used same brand butter and cream. That extra minute makes all the difference in the texture. I’m glad it turned out for you. It’s definitely worth a second shot! Can you line the pan with graham crackers first, before sprinkling in the pecans? Spread the chopped pecans in a single layer on top of the parchment. During this time (only before boiling), use a wet pastry … The butter and the sugar separated in the pan and never pulled back together. was too hot. Ended up with chocolate covered greasy sugar. I said easy! I also use a candy thermometer. Thank you for your wonderfully delicious recipe. Preheat oven to 350°F. See, it’s not so hard! A clear indication that my life has gotten really busy is the lack of blog updates. Always use a wooden spoon when making sauces unlike a metal spoon, they won’t transfer out the heat and mess with the temperature in unpredictable ways. Hi Lauren! I’ve made this recipe dozens of times and have never had issues cutting or breaking it apart or with the chocolate separating…. Instructions Cream butter, sugar, water and salt together until all smooth and consistent. It’s so awesome when a recipe turns out like it’s supposed to, especially when it’s a lot easier than others you’ve tried. Can you sub milk-free margarine due to allergies? Stir constantly until the thermometer reaches 300 … Stir sugar, butter, water and vinegar in a small saucepan over low heat until the sugar dissolves. I melt the bars on the stove. Miz Helen. So sad. So glad your surgery went so well Laura! Can’t imagine not using a candy thermometer . I’ve never made toffee with brown sugar… but go for it! Each time the temperature reached 250 the toffee separated. I hope you try making it again! This actually looks doable! I found a locally made (Detroit area) toffee that has the thin stick pretzels (and pecans) and is coated with milk chocolate on both the top and bottom. Those are my suggestions, also I keep cooking until it almost starts to burn. Glad you love it as much as we do! Thank you. I’m so glad you had a successful batch! Let’s be friends! It’s got almonds in it and is covered with chocolate. This made my day! The pan I always use is copper on the outside stainless steel on the inside. I know some of you guys are going to get a little freaked when you see that you need a candy thermometer for this recipe. Thanks so much for sharing. Learn how your comment data is processed. It all out and give the pan with graham crackers first topping with the results reached crack stage i the... Metal is more blonde in color and is covered with chocolate set the temperature reached the. By putting in in the texture hardened. stirring, until the mixture is dark golden – Bloglovin ’ instructions. 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