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Recipe Almond Crunch (Christmas)
Home Cooking Recipes
Required Ingredients:
- 1 cup blanched slivered almonds
- 1 cup butter
- 1 1/4 cups white sugar
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 cups milk chocolate chips
Preparing/Cooking:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Arrange almonds in a single layer on a baking sheet.
- Toast in the preheated oven until lightly browned, approximately 5 minutes.
- Line a jelly roll pan with foil.
- In a heavy saucepan, combine butter, sugar, corn syrup, and water.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture boils.
- Boil, without stirring, to hard crack stage, 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
- Remove from heat.
- Working quickly, stir in almonds, and pour mixture into foil lined jelly roll pan; tip pan from side to side to spread candy evenly in pan.
- Sprinkle chocolate chips over candy brittle.
- Let stand about 5 minutes, or until shiny and soft.
- Spread chocolate evenly over candy.
- Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Break into bite-size pieces.
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