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I'm fixing to make a gift that the
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receiver doesn't have to fix anything
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all they have to do is chew because I'm
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gonna make it for them and I'm gonna
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fill up that blue ten that I had with a
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wonderful English toffee I've got one in
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3/4 sticks of butter I'm gonna add one
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cup of sugar and I'm gonna add two
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tablespoons of water now I'm gonna cook
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and I'm not saying ball y'all like Bo il
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I'm saying ball be a double L and we
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want to cook this to a hard ball okay
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I've got that incorporated now I'm gonna
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add a pinch of salt okay now that's
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now I'm gonna stick the thermometer down
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in here I'm gonna put that on about
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medium heat and I'm gonna cook that to
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300 to 320 now I'm gonna come in here
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and put me a double ball or own to melt
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our chocolate and you know it's how much
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ever chocolate you want you know I like
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a lot of chocolate so I'm probably gonna
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melt about a cup and a half of
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semi-sweet chocolate chips all right so
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this is ready it's at about 320 degrees
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all right so I'm gonna turn off this
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flame and I'm gonna add a teaspoon of
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the alcohol is talking to that sugar and
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okay I'm gonna stir that in stir in some
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chopped pecans it's gonna make that
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toffee so wonderful now I'm just gonna
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take this and I'm gonna pour it on to a
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buttered cookie sheet okay and I'm just
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gonna kind of let it run out on that pan
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oh look you can see it see I'm able to
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move the whole thing it's starting to
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cool off just that quickly and it
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doesn't matter if it covers your pan you
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know that's not a problem at all okay
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oh my chocolate it's melted nicely
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that's ready to go so this is a still a
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little warm so I'm gonna put this on the
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counter and let it cool off I've got
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another one here because I'm giving a
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batch but I'm keeping a batch so this
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batch is cooled whew done that look good
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can you hear that it's gonna snap in my
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mouth when I bite it I love that whoa
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sometimes I think I've got hands of
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Steel when I really don't okay so here
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we go oh look at all that chocolate
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doughnut look good y'all now I'm just
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gonna spread this chocolate all over
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life is good you know it's funny some of
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life's simplest pleasures can make you
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the happiest Oh perfect now I'm just
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gonna let this cool and then I'm gonna
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break it into pieces I'm not gonna try
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to cut this or anything I'm just gonna
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snap it wherever it wants to snap