Toffee Lace Cups (Alton Brown) Recipe

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Toffee Lace Cups (Alton Brown)
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Ingredients:

  • 1 stick (4 oz) unsalted butter
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar (3 1/2 oz by weight)
  • 5 fl oz dark corn syrup (5 1/2 oz by weight)
  • pinch of kosher salt
  • 1 cup flour (4 1/2 oz by weight)

Directions:

  1. Combine all ingredients except flour in a small, heavy saucepan over med-high heat. Bring to a boil, stirring often. Once mixture is at a boil, stir constantly for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and sift in flour a little at a time, stirring to combine each addition before adding the next. Cool to room temperature or refrigerate for later use. (If refrigerated, allow mixture to come up to room temperature before cooking.)
  2. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cover a backing pan or cookie sheet with parchment paper and spoon out mixture with a metal soup spoon or a number 50 disher. Cookies will spread out like crazy, so place dollops 6 to 8 inches apart. Bake 18 minutes or until deep mahogany brown.
  3. To form into cups, use a metal spatula to transfer the hot candy disks to the bottoms of inverted ramekins or custard cups. (Have a ramekin for each disk, or the disks will set before you can get through them all.) Work quickly and the disks will conform to the shape of the cups. Remove when cool and store wrapped with paper towel inside resealable plastic bags.
  4. Variation:While hot, disks can be cut into shapes with a pizza cutter and used as garnish for other desserts, or l
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1536.57 Kcal (6433 kJ)
Calories from fat 355.93 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 39.55g 61%
Cholesterol 60.95mg 20%
Sodium 2179.12mg 91%
Potassium 365.57mg 8%
Total Carbs 299.23g 100%
Sugars 217.87g 871%
Dietary Fiber 8.93g 36%
Protein 10.49g 21%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 9%
Iron 6.1mg 34%
Calcium 355.8mg 36%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 373.57 Kcal (1564 kJ)
Calories from fat 86.53 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9.61g 61%
Cholesterol 14.82mg 20%
Sodium 529.78mg 91%
Potassium 88.88mg 8%
Total Carbs 72.75g 100%
Sugars 52.97g 871%
Dietary Fiber 2.17g 36%
Protein 2.55g 21%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 9%
Iron 1.5mg 34%
Calcium 86.5mg 36%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 33.2
    Points
  • 43
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar

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