Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, treacle toffee (plot toffee). It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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. The toffee is traditionally eaten on Bonfire Night after Guy Fawkes Day, or on Halloween.
Treacle Toffee (Plot toffee) is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Treacle Toffee (Plot toffee) is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have treacle toffee (plot toffee) using 6 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Treacle Toffee (Plot toffee):
- Take 1 lb Demerara sugar
- Get 1/4 pint water
- Get 3 oz Butter
- Take 4 oz Black treacle (molasses)
- Take 4 oz Golden syrup
- Take 1 tsp cider or white wine vinegar
Pour into an oiled or buttered tin and either allow to set as a slab or mark in squared as toffee becomes partially set. Our easy treacle toffee recipe has a step-by-step video too. 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.
Steps to make Treacle Toffee (Plot toffee):
- Butter a 12inx4in tin. In a heavy based saucepan dissolve the sugar in the water on a low heat.
- 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.
- Boil to 132 C / 270 F (soft crack stage) or until drops in a cup of cold water form hard but not brittle threads.
- Pour into prepared tin, allow to cool for 5- 10 minutes, Mark into 1/2 inch squares.
- 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 !)
- Mind your fillings, the alternative name for this is 'Stickjaw' !
- Beware when working with boiled sugar mixtures, they are VERY hot and will stick to your skin if you are careless !!!
Be the first to review this recipe. 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. Partially cut the toffee into even pieces with an oiled knife. When it has cooled completely, break along these lines. Alternatively let the toffee cool completely Store in an airtight container, with individual layers of toffee separated by baking parchment.
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