English Toffee
submitted by: Bridgette Fife
serves: 24 or more
Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1 cup butter
3 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 or 5 Hershey chocolate bars, or 1 to 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
Chopped nuts (optional)
Directions:
Combine sugar, butter and water in heavy saucepan. Cook to 300 degrees (hard crack stage) stirring constantly to prevent burning. Add vanilla and pour into a buttered 9 x 9 inch pan. Lay the chocolate bars on top and spread them evenly as they melt. While still warm sprinkle chopped nuts over the top. Cool thoroughly and break into pieces.
