Butter Almond Crunch Recipes

Steps:

• Line a 13x9-in. pan with foil. Grease the foil with 1-1/2 teaspoons butter. Spread coconut evenly into prepared pan; set aside. , In a heavy saucepan, combine sugar, water and corn syrup. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Add remaining butter; cook and stir until butter is melted. Continue cooking, without stirring, until a candy thermometer reads 300° (hard-crack stage). Remove from heat. Stir in almonds. Pour over coconut. Cool., In a microwave, melt chocolate chips; stir until smooth. Drizzle over candy; cool until firm. Remove from foil and break into pieces. Store in airtight containers.

Steps:

• To make the butter crunch mixture, melt the butter in a saucepan. Remove from heat and stir in sugar, corn syrup, and water. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the mixture reaches 300 degrees on a candy thermometer. Remove from heat, stir in almonds, and pour out into prepared pan, spreading the mixture with the back of a spoon to fill the pan. Before the butter crunch hardens, but when it is firm enough to handle, turn it out onto a large parchment-covered cutting board and peel away the foil. Allow the butter crunch to cool completely. To finish the butter crunch, wipe the top surface of the candy with a damp paper towel to remove excess butter and allow to dry a few minutes. Have another cutting board or the back of a jelly-roll pan ready to turn the candy over onto. Use a small offset metal icing spatula to spread half the tempered chocolate quickly over the butter crunch. Scatter half the chopped almonds over the chocolate. Cover this finished surface with a piece of parchment paper or foil and place another cutting board or the back of a large jelly-roll pan. Remove top board and paper and quickly spread with remaining tempered chocolate and scatter on remaining almonds (it isn't necessary to wipe the second side because it wasn't against a buttered surface). Refrigerate for 20 minutes to set chocolate. Break the butter crunch into 2-inch pieces. Store candy in a tin or plastic container with a tight-fitting cover and keep at a cool room temperature for up to a week.

Steps:

• Combine almonds and coconut.
• Spread in a thin layer over bottom of a buttered 13 x 9-inch pan.
• Melt butter or margine in a saucepan.
• Stir in the rest of the ingredients.
• Cook, without stirring until mixture comes to soft crack stage, 290 degrees F.
• Remove from heat and pour in a thin stream evenly over almonds and coconut.
• Cool.
• Break into pieces.
• Store in an air-tight container.

Steps:

• Line bottom and sides of a 9" round baking pan (Do Not Use Glass) with foil.
• Butter the foil heavily; set pan aside.
• Combine almonds, the 1/2 cup butter, sugar and syrup in a 10" skillet.
• Cook over medium heat until sugar is melted and mixture turns golden brown, stirring constantly (about 10 minutes).
• Quickly spread mixture into foil lined pan.
• Cool about 15 minutes or until firm.
• Remove candy by lifting edges of foil out of pan; peel off foil.
• Leave whole or break into pieces.

Steps:

• Place sugar and butter in small saucepan; cook on medium heat until sugar is dissolved, stirring occasionally.
• Add coconut and almonds; mix well.