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Toffee Apples Veg
CD
DP
British
Makes 8
Cold
Vegetarian Fruit Desserts
Ingredients: For the Treacle Toffee
450g/1lb Demerara Sugar
75g/3oz Butter 1/4 teasp Cream of Tartar
100g/4oz Black Treacle 100g/4oz Golden Syrup Other ingredients
8 small Dessert Apples
Instructions
1. Place the sugar in a large saucepan together with 150ml/5fl.oz. Water and heat, stirring until the sugar has melted.
2. Add the remaining treacle toffee ingredients and bring to the boil. Continue to boil until the temperature reaches 132C, 270F. This is called the "soft crack" stage, when a little of the mixture dropped into cold water will separate into a solid, but pliable ball.
N.B.
At
this stage the mixture can be turned into a greased shallow square tin and left
to set to
3.
Skewer the apples onto long sturdy wooden skewers, then dip each apple
into the toffee mixture, coating evenly all the way around.
4. Place on waxed, lightly oiled or parchment paper and leave to set. Eat within one day.
The Treacle Toffee recipe is good to make at Christmas or Easter as gifts. Wrap in waxed paper and put into pretty boxes tied with thin ribbon.
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