Recipe for cooking chocolate brittle

Desserts to Go with Coffee and Tea :: Brickles, Brittles and Barks

Chocolate Brittle

2 c. butter
2 c. sugar
1/4 c. plus 2 Tbsp. water
12 (1.05 ounce) milk chocolate candy bars
3 c. chopped pecans

Combine butter, sugar and water in a Dutch oven; cook over low heat until candy thermometer registers 300 degrees F.

Remove from heat and immediately pour into 2 buttered 12-in. pizza pans.

Melt chocolate in top of a double boiler over hot water. Spread over brittle; sprinkle pecans evenly on top. Press pecans into chocolate. Let stand until chocolate is firm. Break candy into pieces.

Makes approximately 4 lb..