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How To Make Toffee
This video details how to make toffee step by step. She does not use a candy thermometer, but judges when the toffee is done by the color. This recipe makes half as much toffee as the recipe below, as she uses 1 cup of butter and one cup of sugar. After the toffee is done she coats it with almonds and chocolate to make buttercrunch.
mom18774 added a comment October 26, 2009 05:23 PM| Reportthank you thats very kind of you to share this will be my gifts this year
mom18774 added a comment October 26, 2009 05:24 PM| Reportthank you thats very kind of you to share this will be my gifts this year -
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Introduction
- Buttery, crunchy, delicious toffee is a wonderful candy that requires only a few ingredients to make.About.com: Toffee In this guide to how to make toffee, you will learn the important steps needed to whip up a batch of delectable English Toffee.
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Step 1: Gather Toffee Ingredients and Equipment
- A 6 quart stockpot with a heavy bottom is the best pot to use when making toffee.YouTube Video: Signature Sweet Shoppe Presents How to Make Toffee (Time: 9:59) You'll also need a candy thermometer, and this can be found in many grocery stores.
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Equipment
- 1 large stockpan with a heavy bottom
- 1 wooden spoon or heat-proof plastic spatual
- 1 candy thermometer Shanghai Wisdom Industries: Candy Thermometer
- 1 cookie sheet or jellyroll pan with a lip around the edge
- 1 heavy metal spoon or butter knife
- 1 flat-bottomed drinking glass
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Step 2: Cook the Toffee
- This step will take about twenty minutes, mainly because butter has a high water content which needs to be boiled away. Cooking for Engineers: English Toffee Patience and time are needed to make a proper batch of toffee candy.Baking911: Candy Toffee It is vital that you stir the toffee constantly as it is cooking. Be careful not to hit the candy thermometer as it may shatter.
- Put butter and sugar into the stockpot
- Mix together over medium to medium low heat until the butter has melted and combined with the sugar.
- Clip the candy thermometer onto the pot. The tip of the thermometer must touch the toffee; however, it must not touch the bottom of the pan.YouTube Video: Signature Sweet Shoppe Presents How to Make Toffee (Time: 9:59) Doing so will not let you accurately judge the candy's temperature.
- Stir the toffee over medium/medium low heat and let it cook.
- As the toffee heats up, it will bubble, foam, and eventually turn brown.
- The toffee will eventually reach the hard crack stage. Science of Cooking: The Cold Water Candy Test It needs to be heated to just under 300 degrees Fahrenheit.Allrecipes: [1]Office of Legislation and Public Affairs: Temperature Conversion
- When the toffee reaches just under 300 F and has turned light brown, it is done cooking.
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Step 3: Set the Toffee
- At this stage, the toffee is extremely hot and glutinous. Be particularly careful when handling it!
- Pour the toffee into the buttered cookie sheet.
- With the back of the spoon or spatula, gently spread it around the cookie sheet until it is even across the pan.
- Let the toffee cool for an hour .
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Step 4: Break up the Toffee
- Toffee is a hard candy, so it is broken up into pieces instead of cut or sliced. Use the end of a heavy spoon or butter knife to break it up.
- Cover toffee with a clean dishtowel.
- Stretch the dishtowel tightly over the cookie sheet.
- Hold ends of towel with both hands, one on each end of the sheet.
- Flip the cookie sheet over and lay toffee on the counter.
- If the toffee is still attached to the pan, hit the pan on the counter until the toffee comes loose.
- Break the toffee into pieces, starting at the center and working outwards.YouTube Video: Signature Sweet Shoppe Presents How to Make Toffee (Time: 9:59)
- For best results, store toffee in the fridge.
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Conclusion
- Toffee makes a perfect gift for the holidays, a birthday, a bridal shower, and just about any gift-giving occasion you can think of. Try creating a batch of toffee the next time you want to show your appreciation to someone. Since toffee is so rich, a few pieces are more than enough, so you can get quite a number of servings out of just one batch of toffee.
