Old-Fashioned Butter Crunch - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 to 2 c. slivered almonds, toasted
1 c. butter
1 1/4 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. light corn syrup
2 Tbsp. water
12 oz. chocolate chips

Preparation

Toast almonds at 350\u00b0 until golden, 5 to 10 minutes.
Cool. Reserve 1 cup and blend to almost dust (1/2 to 1 cup).
Melt butter in a large, heavy saucepan on medium heat (3-quart pan).
Cook the sugar, corn syrup and water to hard crack stage (300\u00b0).
Stir often.
When done, mixture will pull from side of pan.
Remove from heat.
Add 1 cup slivered almonds.
Pour into a 13 x 9-inch buttered Teflon type pan.
When almost cool, run scraper around sides of pan; use heat resistant scraper.
Cool completely and turn out on waxed paper.