These toffee candies have always been my father's favorites. I've always loved that feeling that they stick to your teeth, it caught my eye when I was little.
These are very easy to make, it's sweet and melted in the mouth unless you sing a rooster.
The ingredients are also very basic and you can aromatize them as you like. I like to make them with vanilla but you can make them chocolate, coffee or even nuts.
It's the re3ceta that my father likes to prepare the most and it's so hard to please! This time I mail them to you but I hope to prepare some and give them to you in person. We'll see. But in the meantime, here's the recipe. I hope you like him as much as he does.
And to make it easier for you, here I leave you the full video step by step. I hope you like to disftutate!
Ingredients
- 300 g sugar
- 80ml water
- 200g butter
- 300g condensed milk
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
For decorating the cake
- a little salt flakes
- a little pure cocoa powder
- cocoa nibs
Directions
On a 20cm square mold we put two baking papers covering first from one side to the other and that releases the paper edges of the mold, and then another crossover covering again the bottom and the other walls of the mold. We grease and book.
In a saucepan we heat the sugar with the water. We let a golden candy form.
When golden brown, add the butter, and let it cook for 5 minutes until the butter is melted. Then add the vanilla and condensed milk and move until it breaks to the boil. Then stop moving and stop cooking for about 10-12 minutes until the mixture reaches 120 degrees. Let them cook for a couple more minutes until the mixture is thick but careful that it doesn't get too dark.
Let cool to room temperature for 5 minutes and pass the mold we have prepared. We put it in the fridge for at least five hours. Ideal all night.
After this time, we pulled out the toffee pulling on the papers. We take them off and cut them with the help of a knife the size we like the most (I cut them into pieces of about 2 cm x 2 cm).
To give away we can put them in a can or wrap them in cellophane paper or wax paper (I used baking paper cut into pieces the size of the candies).
Tips and Tricks
- If you heat the candies they become a great sauce again
- You can add 2 teaspoons of pure cocoa powder or soluble coffee dissolved in condensed milk for a chocolate or coffee version. You can even add a handful of chopped nuts.
- Difficulty: easy
- Preparation time: 10 minutes plus cooling time
- Rations: about 30 candies depending on the size of the mold
Hello! I love your page! I wanted to know if it is necessary to put the baking paper in candy or you can skip this step in case you want to serve them. Thank you
Hello Ailyn, you can clearly ignore it. No problem. Or big kiss and thank you so much for writing
Hey Lola, she just made them and they're dead ???. The only thing is that when you leave it cooking so that it will reach the temperature without moving it it stuck to the bottom of the scoop and burned. I solved it by dumping it unshinged ?. Thank you so much for the recipe. A hug
I'm so glad, Elinor. A big pretty kiss
How long they are preserved???
The one that you are able not to eat it hahahaha a couple of weeks in an airtight jar without problem. A hug
Hello Lola.
Where do you get pure vanilla? I only find vanilla aroma.
Thanks a lot.
Hello Oti, you can buy it online (Maria Lunarillos, Amazon ...) and in specialized stores, in gourmet stores, and in Mercadona they have vanilla pods. If you open them in half, inside you have the pasta that will serve you the same. A hug,
Hi Lola,
Last year I tried to make the toffee but when I poured the condensed milk and burst to boil darker pieces began to come out, as if it were sticking. I tried a second time and the same thing. Any advice? This year I have proposed it again.
Thank you for everything you contribute.
A hug.
Sara.
Hi Sara, sorry for the delay in responding but it does not give me life lately. That's a clash of temperaturs and that's why it hardens sugar. You just have to be patient and the pieces will dissolve with the heat as you move. A hug and happy day