Treacle Toffee (Plot toffee)
Treacle Toffee (Plot toffee)

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In a heavy based saucepan dissolve the sugar in the water on a low heat. Also known as bonfire toffee, treacle toffee is a British confection made from demerara sugar, black treacle, and corn syrup. The treat is also known as cinder toffee or plot toffee.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook treacle toffee (plot toffee) using 6 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Treacle Toffee (Plot toffee):
  1. Prepare 1 lb Demerara sugar
  2. Make ready 1/4 pint water
  3. Get 3 oz Butter
  4. Take 4 oz Black treacle (molasses)
  5. Make ready 4 oz Golden syrup
  6. Get 1 tsp cider or white wine vinegar

This is a deliciously dark toffee that is a hard candy when you first put it in your mouth, but softens until it is wonderfully chewy. Bonfire toffee is the absolute treat on Bonfire night in the UK. The Treacle Toffee Recipe for Bonfire Toffee is simple, quick and easy to make but must be approached with caution; toffee gets very, very hot. Treacle Toffee Recipe, and a science twist.

Steps to make Treacle Toffee (Plot toffee):
  1. Butter a 12inx4in tin. In a heavy based saucepan dissolve the sugar in the water on a low heat.
  2. Once dissolved add the rest of the ingredients and bring to the boil. Do not stir. If crystals appear on side of pan wash down with a wet pastry brush.
  3. Boil to 132 C / 270 F (soft crack stage) or until drops in a cup of cold water form hard but not brittle threads.
  4. Pour into prepared tin, allow to cool for 5- 10 minutes, Mark into 1/2 inch squares.
  5. Allow to cool completely and break into squares. Wrap pieces in waxed paper and place in an airtight container. Alternatively you can just break into pieces with a toffee hammer or wooden spoon(Beware of flying splinters of toffee !)
  6. Mind your fillings, the alternative name for this is 'Stickjaw' !
  7. Beware when working with boiled sugar mixtures, they are VERY hot and will stick to your skin if you are careless !!!

At the soft crack stage the amount of water left in the mixture is very low. This gives a hard, but still I love treacle toffee, it always reminds me of bonfire nights where we'd go out wrapped up warm in hats and scarves with everything smelling a bit smoky. As nouns the difference between treacle and toffee. is that treacle is (obsolete) an antidote for poison; theriac while toffee is (uncountable) a type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard. No Bonfire Night is complete without some treacle toffee! This bonfire toffee is relatively easy, just follow the directions to ensure your toffee isn't ridden with sugar crystals!

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