Almond Buttercrunch Candy I
Serves: 5
Camila Dooley
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
43
Spice
52
Sweetness
44
Sourness
44
mins
Prep time (avg)
5.2
Difficulty
Ingredients:
2 cups
Butter450 g
Brown SugarDirections:
1
Preheat oven to 200 degrees F (95 degrees C)
2
Grease a 14 x 18 inch cookie sheet
3
Sprinkle one package of chocolate chips on prepared pan
4
Place in warm oven until chips melt, about 5 minutes
5
Remove from oven, and spread melted chocolate over bottom of pan; set aside
6
In a large heavy saucepan over medium-high heat, combine butter and brown sugar
7
Stirring constantly, heat to 300 to 310 degrees F (149 to 154 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle threads
8
Immediately remove from heat
9
Stir in 3/4 cup slivered almonds and pour onto pan with melted chocolate; spread mixture evenly
10
Sprinkle remaining package of chocolate chips over the almond layer
11
The heat from the almond layer will melt the chocolate chips; spread melted chocolate evenly
12
Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup almonds over chocolate
13
Cut into squares, or allow to harden in a solid sheet and break it apart like brittle
14
Cool completely before removing from pan