The next few recipes come from my mother-in-law Sandra Kamerkar. She is a treasure trove of recipes and I'd be a fool to not share her cooking on the blog. I asked her to show me some traditional christmas sweets and this is the first thing she made. It's pretty easy to make, which is why its perfect for those trying out xmas sweets for the first time.
You only need 4 commonplace ingredients. The crunchy, fudgey texture is just a party in your mouth. And its so addictive! I can eat these like pop corn. It's bite sized which makes a perfect edible gifting option.
1 can condensed milk*
1/2 tin sugar
1/2 tin full fat milk
1 tin chopped walnut
2tbsp cocoa powder
*I've used the empty condensed milk tin as a measure for the rest of the ingredients
Mix all ingredients (except the walnuts) in a pan on a low flame. Keep stirring gently till the mixture leaves the side of the pan. Now add the walnuts and stir to incorporate. Let it cool enough that you can touch it without burning your hands. Once it's manageable, roll into bite sized balls. The mixture needs to be shaped while still hot. Once it cools down it gets rock solid and completely unmanageable. Wrap in chocolate wrappers if you desire to gift.
Tip: You can add additional flavouring (like coffee) to the milk mixture to give this toffee some zing.
