Kay Nimitz Smith -- Writer, Mom, Goddess in Training: Granini's Toffee

Granini's Toffee

Ingredients:

1 pound salted butter, no substitutes
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup almonds, slivers or finely chopped
½ cup almonds, into coarsely chopped
1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Line a jelly roll pan (a cookie sheet with sides) with parchment paper. Lightly spray with cooking spray. Sprinkle with 1 cup of finely chopped almonds. Set aside.

2. Combine butter and sugar in a heavy 3 or 4 quart saucepan. Heat over medium high heat until the mixture boils, and boil gently until the mixture reaches 305º F on a candy thermometer, hard crack stage, stirring constantly.

3. Pour immediately onto the jelly roll pan and spread flat with an oiled spatula or knife.

4. Sprinkle chocolate chips over the hot candy and let them sit until they can be easily spread over the surface. Sprinkle the remaining ½ cup coarsely chopped almonds over the top.

When the candy has cooled, you can simply lift the candy off the parchment paper onto a cutting board, and chop or break into chunks.

Store the candy in an air tight container. Candy gets better each and every day.

YUM!

This is a terrible photo, but I was in a bit of a rush. I break down the toffee into moderate sized pieces. Just enough so that people can get a nice bite or two. This toffee never lasts long in my house. It's a true favorite!

Let it cool and rest

It's resting nicely. And I'm drooling furiously.

Mmmmmmmm.

Enjoy!

I will have lots of other cookie recipes to share this holiday season...
but thought I'd start with one of my all time favs!

Here are a few more:

Granini's Yummy Treats

Alphabetical List of all Desserts

(pies, cookies, tasty treats and cakes)

Apple Pie (top crust and bottom crust)

Apple Pie (crumble on top, crust on bottom) with homemade caramel sauce

Blondies

Blueberry Coffee Cake

Blueberry Pie

Brownies

Butterscotch Fudge

Caramel Apple Cakeballs

Caramel Sticky Buns