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

Sounds more like the toffee for toffee apples, aka 'candy apples' in the
US. Butter would be out of place then.

Could be the mix isn't being cooked long enough.