Chocolate Nut Toffee - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
3/4 c. light corn syrup
3/4 c. milk
1/8 tsp. salt
1 1/2 Tbsp. butter
1/2 tsp. vanilla
3/4 c. broken pecans
4 sq. semi-sweet chocolate, melted

Preparation

Combine sugar, corn syrup, cream and salt in saucepan.
Place over low flame and cook to 244\u00b0 (use candy thermometer), stirring constantly.
Add butter and continue cooking until a small amount of mixture forms a hard ball in cold water (254\u00b0).
Remove from fire; add vanilla and nuts.
Pour into a greased pan (8 x 8-inch); cool.
Pour melted chocolate over toffee.
Let stand until cold. Remove from pan and break into small irregular pieces.
Makes 1 1/2 pans.