Chewy toffees

Treat yourself to the ultimate sweet treat – chewy toffee. Toffees aren't hard to make, but remember to be careful when you're dealing with very hot sugar

Prep:10 mins
Cook:20 mins
Plus cooling

Easy

Nutrition per serving

kcal 90
fat 7g
saturates 4g
carbs 8g
sugars 8g
fibre 0g
protein 0.1g
salt 0.06g

Ingredients

200g caster sugar(golden is fine)
100g dark brown sugar
300ml double cream
125g butter, cubed
1 tsp vanilla extract

Tip

Salted toffee

Season the mix with crunchy sea salt when you add the vanilla, and sprinkle over some more while the toffee is setting.

Coffee toffee

Replace the coffee extract with vanilla for a flavour twist.

Nutty toffee

For nutty toffee, chopped toasted nuts can be stirred through the mixture with the vanilla.

Chocolate toffee

Once cut and set, the toffees can be dipped in melted chocolate and left to set again before wrapping.

Method

Neatly line the base and sides of a 20x30cm baking tin with baking parchment. Tip the sugars, cream and butter into a large heavy-based deep saucepan and heat gently, stirring occasionally until all the ingredients have come together and the sugars and butter have melted. Place a sugar thermometer or digital cooking thermometer in the pan, turn up the heat and boil everything together vigorously without stirring until the temperature reaches 125C. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla. Leave for a moment for any bubbles to settle, then carefully pour the molten toffee into the prepared tin, swirling the tin until the toffee covers the base. Leave the toffee for at least 2hrs to set – overnight is ideal.
Use the parchment to lift the set toffee out of the tin and cut into squares or fingers. If the toffee is sticking to the knife, lightly oil the blade. Wrap the toffees in waxed paper and store in a jar for up to two weeks at room temperature or a month in the fridge.