This is a family favorite. My mom always made two batches. The first never seemed to work, but the second always did. We always thought that it was weird, but couldn’t figure it out. Then I moved to AZ! Dry, DRY desert, and it worked EVERY TIME. Perfectly. It also worked in UT. Then I moved to TX and it NEVER worked. Turns out candy making is affected a lot by the barometer range. SO if it’s going to rain DON’T bother! In the house we’re in now we actually bought and installed a whole house humidifier. While it’s nice for our nose/throats/etc… It doesn’t help with candy making much. This batch started to separate right before I was about to pour it out! FRUSTRATING. But I caught it JUST in time and after soaking up the separated butter it turned out almost perfect! Not at all grainy, very crunchy, really quite nice! One of the FEW nice things about dry places (I still prefer humidity, but it is nice to get to make this treat this year).
Almond Brittle
1 C butter
1 C sugar
1 C chopped almonds
King size Hershey bar chopped
Mix butter and sugar in sauce pan heat till at “Cracked Stage” on candy thermometer or when caramel colored and smoking. Mix in Almonds. Pour onto cookie sheet spread chocolate on top and finely chopped almonds
I featured your yummy recipe on my blog today. Thanks so much for linking up to the Holiday Recipe Link Party.
http://leafytreetopspot.blogspot.com/2010/12/holiday-recipe-round-up.html
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Ashlee Reply:
December 21st, 2010 at 1:19 am
Thank you so much for the feature! It’s one of my all time favorites. But, like all candy, if the weather is off it doesn’t work!
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