Toffee Candy(Candy) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 sticks butter (not margarine)
1 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. light corn syrup
3 Tbsp. water
1-1/2 c. natural almonds, sliced
8 ounces milk chocolate bar

Preparation

Slowly melt butter with sugar, corn syrup and water in a heavy 2 qt saucepan.
Cook and stir constantly over moderate heat until mixture reaches 290\u00b0 on a candy thermometer.
Add 1 cup sliced almonds, stirring constantly.
Pour in buttered pan and flatten out thin (1/8 inch).
When cool, melt 4 ounces of chocolate and spread on candy.
Sprinkle with almonds.
When this hardens turn candy over and melt the other 4 ounces of chocolate and spread on candy, sprinkle the remaining almonds on candy. When this hardens break into pieces.