MICROWAVE BUTTER TOFFEE
This is a delicicious and almost too simple bark-style candy with layers of toffee caramel, chocolate, and sliced walnuts or almonds mostly prepared at the time of Christmas.
Ingredients
Sugar
: 1-1/3 cup
Softened butter
: 1 cup
Water
: 2 tbsp
Dark corn syrup
: 1 tbsp
Vanilla
: 1 tsp
Semisweet chocolate chips
: 3/4 cup
Chopped walnuts
: 2/3 cups
Method
- In a large microwave safe bowl, mix sugar, butter, water and corn syrup. Microwave on high four minutes.
- Stirring every two minutes, heat six to eight minutes longer until thickened and gold in color.
- Add vanilla; stir well.
- Pour mixture into 9x13 dish. Spread chocolate chips over hot toffee.
- Sprinkle with nuts.
- Cool completely. Break into pieces.