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Butter, sugar and whole almonds cooked to hard crack, lightened with a pinch of soda, and coated with chocolate on both sides.

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Source
Ruth Shank - Diane Krueger - Deb Topp

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon light corn syrup
  • 1 cup whole almonds
  • 1/8 teaspoon soda
  • Semi-sweet chocolate chips, for coating

Directions

  1. Mix all ingredients except the soda and the chocolate chips. Stir constantly while cooking. Cook until hard crack stage, or 310 degrees on a thermometer.
  2. Take from stove and stir in the soda.
  3. Pour onto a buttered cookie sheet. Melt the chocolate chips, and after the candy is cool, pour chocolate on the candy. Flip and pour chocolate on the other side.
  4. Let the chocolate set, then break into pieces.

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