How to Keep Toffee From Separating

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Why Did My Butter Separate When Making Toffee or Caramel? More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by Dan Schlegel | permalink
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Why did the butter separate from my toffee or caramel? This article answers the question of why butter sometimes separates when making toffee or caramel.

For further reading: http://candy.about.com/od/carameltoffee/f/separate_faq.htm ^[1]

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Toffee disaster - what went wrong? - Home Cooking - Chowhound More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by Joe Aybar | permalink
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Page 1 of Toffee disaster - what went wrong? - I attempted to make toffee at home last night and it was a complete disaster. After heating the butter and sugar (and 3 tbsp) of water, everything wa

For further reading: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/371265 ^[2]

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Candymaking with Butter More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by Ellen Heaton | permalink
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General Guidelines There are three main types of candies that contain butter: toffee, caramels, and fudge. The following guidelines apply to all: 1 Avoid making candy on a humid day. The candy will absorb the moisture from the air when cooling and not set properly. If it is only slightly humid, cooking the candy a degree or two higher than directed may counteract this.
For further reading: http://challengedairy.com/tips-and-techniques/candymaking-with-butter ^[3]

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What is causing my butter toffee to separate? More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by Emilio Gil | permalink
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Each year at this time, I make 4-6 batches of Butter Toffee (2c sugar, 2 c butter, 2 tsp vanilla, 6 tbsp water), but only about half usually turn out ok. About half way through the heating process,...

For further reading: http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/9371/what-is-causing-my-butter-toffee-to-separate ^[4]

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Butter separation in english toffee candy More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by DAVID BOCKEL | permalink
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I've read recently some articles about English toffee candy and the issue of butter separation was mentioned there. I am looking for further information abut this phenomenon (what causes this sepa...

For further reading: http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/35963/butter-separation-in-english-toffee-candy ^[5]

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Chocolate Separating from Toffee - Pastry & Baking More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by osamanasr | permalink
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Page 1 of 2 - Chocolate Separating from Toffee - posted in Pastry & Baking: Here's the deal: I'm making English Toffee to sell in tins at our stores. It's your basic toffee recipe -- sugar, butter, corn syrup and water -- and is topped with dark chocolate and chopped walnuts. I'm having problems with the chocolate separating from the toffee. Mind you, this isn't as simple a solution (at least in my mind) as "she must have messed up a tray" (or something...
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For further reading: http://forums.egullet.org/topic/79068-chocolate-separating-from-toffee/ ^[6]

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1. http://candy.about.com/od/carameltoffee/f/separate_faq.htm

2. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/371265

3. http://challengedairy.com/tips-and-techniques/candymaking-with-butter

4. http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/9371/what-is-causing-my-butter-toffee-to-separate

5. http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/35963/butter-separation-in-english-toffee-candy

6. http://forums.egullet.org/topic/79068-chocolate-separating-from-toffee/