Everyone remembers their grandparents for different things. One of the things for which I remember my grandmother is her cooking, and in particular the toffee she used to make when we all had colds. It is a lot softer than the toffee you get in the shops; very buttery and sweet. So today I set out to make a batch, following her rediculously simple recipe. It was headed up Good Toffee. I’ve yet to find the recipes for either Average or Bad Toffee.
6 table spoons of sugar
4oz of butter
3 desert spoons of milk
3 desert spoons of treacle
a little vinegarBoil gently for 20 minutes until a little dropped into cold water forms a ball.
I couldn’t believe it would really be as simple as that, but it was, and after pouring it into a small baking tray and stacking it in the fridge for the rest of the afternoon I now have 28 twists of treacle toffee neatly wrapped up in greaseproof paper to take into work on Monday.
You have to be very careful with the boiling. The whole mixture seems to be highly volatile and you need to keep the temperature down very low to stop it boiling. So low, in fact, that you couldn’t even see the flame on the gas under the pan, which was right down to its lowest possible setting. The bit about dropping it into water is quite clever, too; you simply scoop a little of your mixture out using a teaspoon and let it drip into a mug of cold water. If it solidifies into a little ball of toffee and sinks to the bottom you know it’s ready.
I think, tomorrow, I might make another batch, this time swapping the treacle for Golden Syrup, so I can mix up the batches for variety.
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24 Oct 2009
Just tried it with half the masures,brilliant! Can’t wait to get more ingredients and make bagfulls!!
Thanks for the recipe. Made it – now just the hard bit – waiting for it to set….;)
uh oh.
Made a total mess of it! Boiled it too hard and now it is slightly charred tasting and britle ++.
Will re-read instructions more carefully and try again!
Great Recipie, I tried it also with golden syrup which came out excellent, then I started adding bits after like dessicated coconut, almonds, and currents……….AWESOME!
Today I am going to push the boat out and use coca cola!
Made the toffee and it tastes amazing but a weird thing happened when it set, the butter seperated from the sugar which it gave it a very pleasing layered affect. Great recipe though many thanks!
I tried the treacle one first, them remembered I hate treacle, so did the syrup one and was amazing! Utterly gorgeous and brilliant mixed into cookies
How easy it that ! I added a few drops of vanilla, and used golden syrup as I only had black treacle ! very good… thank you Nik x
What sugar should I use , or doesn’t it matter?
i cooking ur recipe and i dont no wen to ty and see if it actually changes to form a ball does it???