Butterscotch
photo by 2Bleu
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
-
500 g
ingredients
- 350 g brown sugar
- 170 g golden syrup
- 125 g butter, cut into pieces
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 125 ml water
- 2 tablespoons vanilla essence
directions
- Place sugar, golden syrup, butter, vinegar and water in a large heavy – based saucepan and cook over a medium heat for 10 minutes or until sugar is completely dissolved.
- Brush sugar crystals sticking to sides of pan frequently with a brush dipped in cold water.
- Bring to the boil, without stirring, and cook until mixture reaches the hard crack stage (When the syrup is dropped into iced water it separates into threads which become hard and brittle) or 150 C on a sugar thermometer.
- Stir in vanilla essence and pour mixture onto a buttered baking tray.
- Set aside to cool.
- Break into pieces and store between sheets of waxed paper in an airtight container.
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