Treacle Toffee

Ingredients

• as much treacle as may be wanted

Method

1. 1

   Rub the saucepan with butter and pour in treacle.

2. 2

   Let it boil gently until a small portion will break between the teeth after being thrown into cold water.

3. 3

   When this point is reached, take pan at once off fire, or it will quickly acquire a burnt taste.

4. 4

   Pour on a buttered dish, and when cool roll it into sticks, and fold in clean white paper.

5. 5

   The toffee may be flavoured with essence of peppermint, almond, or lemon, and a little cayenne pepper thrown into treacle toffee is an excellent cure for a cough.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Tried favourites cookery book (1909) by Kirk, E. W. Mrs, page 193. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Treacle Toffee. Rub the saucepan with butter and pour in as much treacle as may be wanted

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.