English Toffee

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter (only real butter can be used in this recipe)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 semi-sweet chocolate baking squares or 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1 cup coarsely broken pecans

Directions:

1. In heavy saucepan, combine butter, sugar, water, and salt.
2. Cook to hard-crack stage (300°F) stirring constantly and watching carefully.
3. Immediately pour into ungreased 13"x9" pan.
4. Cool until hard.
5. Melt chocolate over hot, but not boiling water.
6. Spread over toffee; sprinkle with nuts, pressing them into chocolate.
7. Let stand 2-3 hours or chill 30 minutes.
8. Break into bite-size pieces.