Katra wrote:
> In article >,
> Ginny Sher > wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 09 Apr 2005 10:36:45 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> In article >,
>>> "Miscellaneous" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have been trying to make a very simple recipe of toffee for the
>>>> kids and have only attempted twice, and both those times they
>>>> turned out liquidy.
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone please tell me what I am doing wrong here?
>>>>
>>>> 3 cups sugar
>>>> 1 cup water
>>>> vinegar
>>>> food colouring
>>>>
>>>> Thank-you
>>>>
>>>> Ms Misc
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> IMHO Toffee is more in the technique.
>>> How are you making it?
>>
>>
>> Am I mistaken or doesn't toffee have butter in it? Seems to me this
>> is a recipe for simple syrup except for the vinegar and food
>> coloring,
>> which I don't believe belong in a recipe for toffee no how.
>>
>> Ginny
>
> That might be her problem... ;-)
> My mom also used baking soda to get it to bubble, not vinegar.

I use baking soda when I'm making toffee brittle or peanut brittle and
definitely a couple of Tablespoonfuls of butter. And the mixture has to be
at the hard-crack stage. OP doesn't say if she's trying to make something
"sal****er" taffy-like or a brittle toffee.

Jill