Sesame Toffee

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup sesame seeds
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons water
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda

Recipe

• 1 spread sesame seeds on baking sheet; bake in 350f oven for 15 minutes or until golden.
• 2 reserve half of the seeds; sprinkle remaining seeds over well-greased 13x9 cake pan; set aside.
• 3 in saucepan, bring butter, sugars and water to a boil, stirring constantly.
• 4 cook, stirring often, until candy thermometer reaches soft-crack stage of 285f and when 1/2 tsp syrup dropped into very cold water separates into threads that are hard but not brittle.
• 5 immediately remove from heat; stir in baking soda.
• 6 pour over sesame seeds in prepared pan; let cool 5 minutes.
• 7 sprinkle with reserved sesame seeds, pressing lightly into toffee.
• 8 let cool until firm; break into pieces.
• 9 store toffee between sheets of waxed paper in an airtight container; keeps for about 1 month.