Butterscotch Candy

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2 tablespoons corn syrup
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup butter
• 3 drops vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 in a large pot, combine brown sugar, corn syrup, water and salt.
• 2 cook over medium-low heat, stirring, until sugar is dissolved.
• 3 do not let this come to a boil until sugar has completely dissolved.
• 4 turn the heat up a bit and continue cooking to the hard ball stage (250f).
• 5 add butter and stir to keep from scorching.
• 6 cook until mixture will separate into hard but not brittle strands (270f) when tested in cold water.
• 7 stir in the vanilla.
• 8 pour candy in a thin sheet onto a greased slab.
• 9 (i don't have a slab. i turn a large metal baking pan upside down and grease the bottom- works great!).
• 10 mark into squares while still warm, creasing it deeply.
• 11 break into pieces as soon as it is cool.