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Family Favorite Toffee

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December 3, 2020 by Jodi + 10 Comments

With only 3 ingredients, this Family Favorite Toffee is so simple to make and absolutely delicious! It’s so good, you may not want to share!

♡THE BEST OF 12 DAYS OF SUGAR – DAY 3♡

Family Favorite Toffee.

This is a recipe I posted back in 2016. It’s the best toffee ever and one of the best recipes my mom ever saved from the newspaper!

(Original post . . .)

I’ve mentioned once before how my mom has quite the collection of recipes. Some of my family’s favorite recipes have come from her crazy collection.This Family Favorite Toffee is a recipe from a 1983 newspaper she saved. She still has that newspaper. It’s extremely worn, but she hangs on to it year after year.

My siblings and I always looked forward to my mom making this toffee. It’s so delicious! with only three ingredient (ok five if you count the toppings), this toffee is really simple to make and will turn out every time if you follow these three simple instructions:

Three important instructions for the perfect toffee:

  1. Use a heavy duty sauce pan (I use an old pressure cooker pan).
  2. Stir the mixture the ENTIRE time!
  3. Cook over HIGH heat from the very beginning. The first couple times I tried this my butter would all of a sudden start to separate from the sugar. I stirred and stirred but it never came together. I asked my mom what I was doing wrong and she asked if I was cooking it on high heat. I wasn’t and that’s what my problem was.
homemade-toffee

Make sure you follow those three simple steps and you will have yourself an amazing batch of toffee that you may or may not be willing to share.

favorite-homemade-toffee

This is honestly one of the easiest homemade candies you might ever make.

Just a few simple ingredients:

  • Butter
  • Water
  • Sugar
  • Chocolate chips
  • Almonds or pecans (optional)

One more thing, the recipe calls for this to be made in two 9-inch pie plates, but if you want a thicker toffee,  just make it in one 10-inch pie plate. I make it both ways, but I think I love it even more made in the single plate for a thicker toffee. The pictures are from a batch I made using one 10-inch pie plate.

Fill a small cellophane bag with some of this toffee and tie a bow around it and you’ve got a pretty fabulous neighbor gift. Enjoy!

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With only 3 ingredients, this Family Favorite Toffee is so simple to make and absolutely delicious! It’s so good, you may not want to share!


Ingredients

Scale
  • 2 sticks butter
  • 3 tablespoons water
  • 1 cup sugar

Top with:

  • Chopped almonds or pecans (optional)
  • Grated Hershey bar (large size) or milk chocolate chips (about 1 to 1 1/2 cups)

Instructions

  1. Butter two 9-inch pie plates (for a thicker toffee use one 10-inch pie plate).
  2. In a heavy duty saucepan, add butter, water and sugar. Cook on HIGH heat, stirring constantly until mixture comes to a boil (it will start to become frothy). Continue stirring until mixture turns the light brown (about the color of a paper lunch sack).
  3. Remove from heat immediately and pour into prepared pie plate(s).
  4. Sprinkle with grated Hershey bar or chocolate chips. Let set for a couple of minutes, then spread with an off-set spatula. Sprinkle with chopped nuts if desired.
  • Prep Time: 2 minutes
  • Cook Time: 6 to 8 minutes
  • Category: Desserts

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Originally posted December

Filed Under: 12 Days of Sugar, Candy Tagged With: 12 days of sugar, candy, holidays, toffee

Comments

  1. Teresa says

    December 3, 2016 at 11:07 am

    Jodi that looks amazing. I always buy the toffee from Williams-Sonoma every year, because it is really the best I’ve had. But it is so expensive. I will have to try this now instead. I can’t believe you don’t need a candy thermometer!!!

    Reply
    • Jodi says

      December 3, 2016 at 8:28 pm

      Teresa, this is so delicious and simple to make. Just make sure you stir it constantly and cook it over high heat! There is a place here in Utah called Garden Gate Candy that sells the most amazing toffee, but it is so expensive too, that’s why I love to make my own. Let me know if you have a chance to make it.

      Reply
  2. rescuedobe says

    December 14, 2016 at 8:42 pm

    Well. I stirred and stirred and stirred, over high heat. WHile waiting for it to change color, it began to separate. 🙁

    Reply
    • Jodi says

      December 19, 2016 at 3:56 pm

      I’m sorry this didn’t work out for you. There are so many factors that can affect how candy turns out. A heavy-bottomed saucepan is so important for this candy. Thinner (cheaper) saucepans don’t conduct heat efficiently and lead to “hot spots” that can cause the butter to separate. You can also google it and several other reasons your toffee didn’t turn out. So sorry.

      Reply
      • rescuedobe says

        December 19, 2016 at 4:12 pm

        Well, I took what I had, and turned it into yummy gingersnaps!

        Reply
  3. Sharon says

    December 11, 2020 at 1:07 pm

    My doesn’t come out of the dish? Why? Why? How long should it take to cool.

    Reply
    • Jodi says

      December 11, 2020 at 1:34 pm

      Did you butter your pie plate/dish? I have never had this problem. Once it’s completely cooled, I take a butter knife and basically “stab” it to break it into pieces. It comes out of the pan every single time. I’m not sure what to tell you. The only reason I can see it sticking is if you didn’t butter your dish. So sorry.

      Reply
  4. Becca says

    November 21, 2021 at 9:33 am

    Oh, my! My mom made toffee years ago and it involved complicated steps. I’ve tried making toffee before with varied results struggling with a candy thermometer and all the complicated instructions. Knowing how truly great your recipes are, i trusted you with this one. I’m so glad I did! I made two batches of your toffee this morning in less than 30 minutes. And it’s FANTASTIC!! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe! P.S. I poured the hot toffee out onto parchment paper – no sticking!!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  5. Jenny says

    January 25, 2023 at 10:52 am

    I too had a very hard time getting it out of the pan. I ended up setting the pan in a shallow sink of hot water to loosen it, which worked very well. Delicious recipe and very easy!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Jodi says

      January 26, 2023 at 9:33 am

      Jenny, did you butter the pans you poured the toffee into? I have never had a hard time getting it out of the pans.

      Reply

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