Old English Butterscotch

Old English Butterscotch recipe – the best butterscotch I’ve ever tasted made from a recipe from 1934. Crush it onto the top of ice-cream for a special treat, dip it in chocolate or eat it as it is!

 Ingredients

1lb or 450 gm of raw sugar (also known as demarara sugar, turbinado sugar, natural brown or light brown sugar)

3/4 US cup or 180ml of water

a pinch of cream of tartar OR 1tsp of white vinegar

4 oz or 120 gm of butter

4 tbsp of cream (or 3tbsp if you’re using an Australian 20 ml tablespoon)

Method

Cover a baking tray with foil and spray lightly with cooking oil (not olive oil,  it will make it taste funky).

Heat the sugar and water over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved and bring to the boil.

Add a pinch of cream of tartar or a teaspoon of white vinegar and stir in.

Heat until it reaches hard crack stage, which is 150 degrees C or 302 degrees F.

When it reaches hard crack stage add the butter and cream and stir in.

Pour quickly into your tray. I was a bit slow in the video, which is why there is a grainy look on top where it had started to cool down.

Leave until it starts to set and score some lines in it where you want to break it later.

Leave overnight to cool, break into squares and enjoy!

Peppermint and coffee creams

Coffee Creams and Peppermint Creams

This recipe makes a creamy sugar candy in either coffee or peppermint flavours.

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups of sugar

for coffee creams

1/2 cup of strong coffee. If using instant coffee, 2-6tsp, depending on your personal taste

for peppermint creams

use 1/2 cup water and 1-2tsp pf peppermint essence instead of the coffee

Each batch makes 50 to 60 sweets, depending on the size.

Method

Mix everything together and boil for four minutes.

Pour it into a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until it’s cold.

When you can roll it into a ball shape and it holds it’s shape it’s ready. If it’s too dry add a couple of drops of water. Just a couple of drops should do.

Roll teaspoon amounts into balls and set aside to dry.