Recipe for cooking butter crunch candy

Desserts to Go with Coffee and Tea :: Candies and Confections

Butter Crunch Candy

Posted by Chefbuzzbuzz at recipegoldmine.com 8/8/2001 3:42 am

Butter Crunch Mixture
16 Tbsp. (2 sticks) unsalted butter
1 1/2 c. sugar
3 Tbsp. light corn syrup
3 Tbsp. water
1 c. toasted almonds, chopped, about 4 oz.

Topping
12 oz. semisweet chocolate, tempered
1 c. toasted almonds, chopped, about 4 oz.

One 12 x 18-in. pan, buttered and lined with buttered foil, plus 2 lrg. cutting boards, jellyroll pans, or cardboard pieces, covered with parchment.

To make the butter crunch mixture, melt the butter in a saucepan. Remove from heat and stir in sugar, corn syrup, and water. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the mixture reaches 300 degrees on a candy thermometer. Remove from heat, stir in almonds, and pour out into greased pan, spreading the mixture with the back of a spoon to fill the pan. Before the butter crunch hardens, but when it is firm enough to handle, turn it out onto a lrg. parchment-covered cutting board and peel away the foil. Allow the butter crunch to cool completely. To finish the butter crunch, wipe the top surface of the candy with a damp paper towel to remove excess butter and allow drying a few mins.. Have another cutting board or the back of a jellyroll pan ready to turn the candy over onto. Use a sm. offset metal icing spatula to spread half the tempered chocolate quickly over the butter crunch. Scatter half the chopped almonds over the chocolate. Cover this finished surface with a piece of parchment paper or foil and place another cutting board or the back of a lrg. jellyroll pan. Remove top board and paper and quickly spread with remaining tempered chocolate and scatter on remaining almonds (it isn’t necessary to wipe the second side because it wasn’t against a buttered surface). Refrigerate for 20 mins. to set chocolate. Break the butter crunch into 2-in. pieces.

Store candy in a tin or plastic container with a tight-fitting cover and keep at a cool room temperature for up to a week.