Homemade English Toffee

Many thanks to listener Jeanne Coulson who shared her mother’s homemade English Toffee recipe with us. This recipe is introduced in Episode 55 and reviewed in Episode 56.

If you’d like, you can substitute milk chocolate chips for milk chocolate bars.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 Cup pecans, finely chopped
  • 1/2 Cup butter
  • 1/2 Cup plus 1 Tablespoon sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons water
  • 2 milk chocolate bars, chopped

Instructions

  1. Spread finely chopped pecans over bottom of 8×8 tin pan.
  2. Melt butter slowly in heavy flat bottomed pan over medium heat.
  3. Add sugar and water to melted butter stirring constantly with flat whisk, so it does not scorch.
  4. Bring to full boil over high heat.
  5. Cook and stir until mixture turns light brown – about 5 minutes.
  6. Immediately pour melted butter/sugar mixture over chopped nuts.
  7. Place chopped up Hershey bars or chocolate chips over the hot toffee.
  8. Chill and serve.