Salted pecan toffee with Toasted Pecans
Food Styling Kari Wardrop, Photography Jerry Grajewski
Nothing more than a few pantry items to make this addictive holiday candy treat. Perfect to make as a gift for your friends and family. The balance of sugar and salt and toasted pecans is wonderful.
Ingredients
¼ cup water
1 cup salted butter
1 ½ cups sugar
¼ cup corn syrup
½ cup pecans, toasted
½ teaspoon Maldon sea salt
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Preparation
In heavy-bottomed saucepan, combine water, butter, sugar and corn syrup. Bring to boil over medium heat, stirring often. Once mixture is boiling, use pastry brush to brush down any crystals that form on the sides of saucepan.
Cook until mixture reaches 295 ̊F on candy thermometer and pour in thin layer on parchment-lined baking sheet. Quickly sprinkle pecans and salt over surface of toffee. Allow to cool slightly and score into triangles or cool completely and break into irregular pieces.
To toast pecans, place onto parchment-lined baking sheet and in pre-heated 400 ̊F oven for 5 minutes, remove from oven and cool on baking sheet.
