Salted Toffee Oyster Crackers
Salted Toffee Oyster Crackers are a sweet, salty, crunchy snack. Best you cant eat just one.
Ingredients
- 4 cups Oyster Crackers
- ? cup dark brown sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper or other seasoning – optional
- ? cup salted butter
- Coarse Sea Salt or kosher salt to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Line a baking pan with aluminum foil then spray the foil lightly with cooking spray.
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Melt butter in a medium sized, heavy-bottomed, saucepan set over medium-low heat. Add brown sugar and cayenne pepper (if using). While stirring gently and very slowly, bring the mixture to a boil slowly and over steady heat. Use a candy thermometer to check the temperature. Continue stirring very slowly and gently (it is a slow process). Boil 3-4 minutes or until the thermometer registers 270°-290°F and becomes lighter in color and “fluffier”. Turn off the heat and add the oyster crackers.”
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Now, working quickly so the brown sugar/butter mixture doesn’t set up, pour the toffee/oyster crackers onto the prepared baking sheet and try to spread them out to a single layer. (If it is too difficult to spread the crackers into a single layer at this point, don’t worry – it will be possible in a few minutes.)
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Sprinkle the crackers lightly with coarse sea salt or kosher salt.
- Place the crackers on a middle rack in the hot oven and bake 2 minutes.
- Remove the crackers from the oven and smooth them out to a single layer.
- Place back in the oven and bake for 3 more minutes.
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After a total 5 minutes baking time, remove from oven and place the pan on a cooling rack to cool for 5 minutes.
- Once they are cool enough to handle, pick up the edges of the aluminum foil that is under the crackers and bring the edges together so the crackers roll together.
- Remove from the foil, break into individual pieces and place on foil or parchment paper to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container.