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Why is my toffee grainy in cracker-toffee “Crack”?
I have made this recipe to good results (creamy, chewy toffee), and more often, to disappointing results texturally (grainy toffee).
It is :
1 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
Cook for 2-3 minutes ...
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Can I cool my toffee in the fridge?
I'm making some treacle toffee for tonight but think I've left it too late to cool naturally - will cooling it In the fridge affect the result too much, or just speed the process up nicely?
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Why did my nougat burn?
I attempted to make nougat today and it was an epic failure. The instructions for the sugar and honey solution was to mix it together with 2 tablespoons of water and stir it over heat without boiling ...
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How can I substitute English Toffee in cookies?
I found a cookie recipe which requires "English Toffee bars". I have never seen them around here, and don't know what they are.
What are these bars? Is there any substitution I can use? How close ...
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Stirring butter toffee mixture while cooking
When making toffee (equal parts sugar and butter, half-pinch of salt, water, vanilla) is it necessary to continually stir the mixture after it comes to a boil and the sugar has completely mixed in ...
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What does adding butter to toffee do?
Some recipes for toffee call for butter, some don't. I'd like to know please what adding butter does, and if I do add butter, will I still be able to make the stickjaw type toffee?
Thanks in advance.
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Salted butter in toffee
What effects would using salted butter instead of unsalted butter have on a toffee recipe?
I'm using the basic
Equal parts butter and sugar
Heat to soft crack (285 F)
Poor into flat cooking sheet ...
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What is causing my butter toffee to separate?
Each year at this time, I make 4-6 batches of Butter Toffee (2c sugar, 2 c butter, 2 tsp vanilla, 6 tbsp water), but only about half usually turn out ok. About half way through the heating process, ...
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What are toffee potatoes?
I came across a reference to this in an article about Scandinavia.
They are apparently a regional delicacy.
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Ultimate caramel / toffee / butterscotch fudge sauce for ice cream sundaes?
I've been experimenting with making a caramel hot fudge sauce (something like on a McDonalds caramel sundae but better) and want some ideas.
My latest was:
Microwave brown sugar and butter, ...
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What is the difference between butterscotch, caramel, and toffee?
I've always thought they were the same. Tonight I noticed a slight taste difference as compared to caramel when I had some "butterscotch" for the first time in a while. Now my assumptions have been ...
