This English Toffee Recipe is so SUPER, SUPER SIMPLE and it only requires 4 ingredients! This is my absolute favorite candy! If I could only eat one candy this would be it!
I see recipes all over for English toffee but those recipes include saltine crackers in them. Toffee is so super simple to make why would you waste a glorious candy like that by adding crackers? Here is our version of English Toffee From our Dining On A Dime Cookbook. Try it and you will wonder why you never made it from scratch before!
English Toffee Recipe
1 cup nuts, chopped (pecans or walnuts are best) *
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup chocolate chips
Butter an 8×8 inch pan. Spread the nuts in the bottom of the pan. On medium heat, bring the sugar and butter to a boil and boil 7 minutes. Spread into the pan. Sprinkle the chocolate chips on top. Let it sit a few minutes. When melted, spread evenly. Let cool before cracking into pieces. Makes 24 pieces.
*Variations:
- White Chocolate with Macadamia Nuts (not cheap but to die for!)
- Dark Chocolate with Almonds
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I made this toffee and it had so much oil I had to dump it out so the toffee could harden and while I was cooking the butter and brown sugar it started smelling burnt with 3 minutes left on simmer stage.
Not sure what happened. Some stoves cook hotter than others or you had the burner on too high. There could have been a couple of different things that could have happened.
Also it could be you melted the sugar and butter together on too high of heat to start off with.
I made this today.
Great recipe..
Randy
Thank you Randy so glad you liked it.
Would love to try this. Should I stir the sugar and butter while it is cooking?
I stir it occasionally at first. After it starts changing color I watch it more closely and stir more. One thing you need to do is too melt the sugar and butter together on low at first just to help with the oil not separating. Then once it is melted you can turn it up to a medium heat. When it comes to a rolling boil you time it for 7 mins. Stirring occasionally.
Awesome! Thanks for the help…will let you know how it turns out!