I love toffee. LOVE it. This was my first time making it. It is pretty easy, but there is one very important thing – you have to have patience. I don’t always have a lot of this…
Which is why I have two batches of toffee to show you. Well, one batch of toffee, one batch of soft toffee.
First batch, bubbling away!
This was about the time I figured it was complete. I took it off the heat and poured it onto my silpat, stuck in in the fridge. It tastes very good:
I wanted crunchy toffee. Round two, I found my patience:
butter toffee
1 cup earth balance
1 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons vanilla
Melt the butter in tall saucepan, add sugar. Stir constantly as sugar dissolves and mixture bubbles up. (Here is where that patience comes in)… After a few minutes, the mixture will thicken and become smooth and glossy.
Pour onto a silpat or parchment sheet on a cookie pan, place in refrigerator.
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Another thing I love? Chocolate chip cookies. Sometimes, I like the cookie part, without the chocolate chips. A blondie cookie. They’re good.
A gooey blondie sounded better, though, especially with butter toffee chunks.
I really need to just stop saying how surprised I am to make something that is both gluten free and vegan, and it tastes fabulous. 😀
These? Taste fabulous.
butter toffee blondies
3/4 cup earth balance
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg (Ener-G replacer)
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups gluten free all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
butter toffee!
Cream together butter + sugar + vanilla, add egg. Add flour + baking powder, mix. Fold in butter toffee pieces.
Bake at 350 for 35 minutes.
What is your favorite cookie?
Janet says
love your blog, thank you!
spabettie says
thank YOU, Janet!!
Averie (LoveVeggiesAndYoga) says
candy making is very precise, i.e. butter sugar boiling pot = need to watch it!
and i love that this is vegan and GF…omg i love love love toffee. And cookies/blondies.
perfect recipe!
Deb (SmoothieGirlEatsToo) says
Looks amazing. I’ve never had a blondie either!!
My first attempt at toffee was a disaster because-as you said- I needed (and lacked)patience. Once I finally let the mix carmelize, it was heavenly! And now my go-to gift for home-made treats.
Christina (Dinner at Christina's) says
I definitely hear ya on the patience part! I made a few batches of my pumpkin seed brittle and one was more chewy than crisp b/c I was sick of waiting for it to reach temp! But when you DO calm down and wait for it – so worth it!!
I’ve never made blondies – these look yummy! Thanks for linking them to Friday Firsts!
spabettie says
yes! once again, thank you for HAVING me! 😀
[email protected] 21st Century Housewife says
I’m visiting via Dinner at Christina’s Friday Firsts. This is a wonderful, mouthwatering post. I love toffee and I’m so glad you have shared your delicious recipes!
spabettie says
Hello April!! Thank you for visiting! I love toffee also, and this was pretty easy… have you made your own before? 🙂
Theresa @ This is my Hungry Face says
Yum! These look amazing. I love toffee, but I’ve never tried to make it for myself! I might have to give it a go 🙂
spabettie says
you should!! it’s really pretty easy… I’ve already made another batch for someone else! 🙂
Jeni Treehugger says
Oh toffee tastic!
I want toffee and I want toffee blondies!
spabettie says
Hi Jeni Treehugger !! (love it!) thanks for reading! the toffee is pretty easy to make – almost instant gratification, much better than waiting for a vegan to be shipped ! 🙂
Kris | iheartwellness.com says
I am drooling over here!! These look amazing!
Did you know they have soy free earth balance now? omg, I have never ever purchased the regular one before because of the soy…but I saw the soy free the other day and loaded up!
xxoo
PS. It was Hudson’s 3rd birthday today….we spoiled him 😉 Snuggles to Basil!
spabettie says
YES that is the one I use too !!! love it.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETIE HUDSON !! <3
Candice @ ChiaSeedMe says
These look delicious! And I don’t even care for toffee that much. I do like blondies, though.
I almost picked up some Ener-G replacer tonight. I’ve never used it, but always wish for it. Do you think it works much better than a flax egg?
I think my favorite cookies are chocolate chip peanut butter. I used to make this one recipe all the time, and everybody always loved it. But then I stopped using dairy in my baking and I have yet to try and veganize it. I need to do it asap!
spabettie says
Candice, the egg replacer is easier to me than flax… unless you have it for other things.. I haven’t always had flax to use, and this is easy… the box lasts a LONG TIME and it is easy!
you are not the first person who has said they don’t really care for toffee but these look good ! 🙂 🙂
that said, I need to bake something chocolate SOON !! 😀