SWEETMAKING CORNER

Taranaki Daily News, 26 March 1932, Page 16 (Supplement)

SWEETMAKING CORNER

■ GRANDMOTHER’S TOEFEE. ■ , This is real old-fashioned toffee which ■ everybody likes. Put one pound of Demerara sugar into a saucepan with half a glassful' of cold water, and stir K/ gently so as not to splash the sides of ■ the saucepan Because these splashes burn rather easily. Now bring the syrup to the boil, and ■■■: then add a piece of butter the .size of a, walnut cut into small pieces. Con- • tinue boiling rapidly for five minutes, then add another piece of butter of the same size. Boil for about 10 minutes, or until a little of the toffee tried in cold water becomes’ hard at once. Pour into a buttered tin, and, when eool, mark into nice diamond shapes by drawing lines aerp's knife, first •ne wajt, then the othar, ■ ' - ; ’i ’