Chocolate-Almond Saltine Toffee

Name: Chocolate-Almond Saltine Toffee
Yield: makes 2 1/2 pounds
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups sliced almonds (6 ounces); Approximately 60 saltine crackers (not low-sodium); 1 1/2 cups sugar; 3 sticks (3/4 pound) unsalted butter; 2 tablespoons light corn syrup; 1/2 pound bittersweet chocolate, chopped into 1/2-inch pieces

Chocolate-Almond Saltine Toffee was pinched from <a href="http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/chocolate-almond-saltine-toffee" target="_blank">www.foodandwine.com.</a>

"Pastry chef Nicole Plue, of Julia's Kitchen at Copia in Napa Valley, was intrigued by a recipe she discovered for matzo covered in toffee and chocolate. But she knew she could improve it by using crackers instead of matzo for a hit of salt. Now the saltines, slathered with buttery toffee and bittersweet chocolate, are a favorite on her petit four tray...."

INGREDIENTS

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1 1/2 cups sliced almonds (6 ounces)

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Approximately 60 saltine crackers (not low-sodium)

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1 1/2 cups sugar

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3 sticks (3/4 pound) unsalted butter

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2 tablespoons light corn syrup

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1/2 pound bittersweet chocolate, chopped into 1/2-inch pieces

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