My grandmother's recipe for treacle toffee

My Grandma made the most amazing treacle toffee.  Rock solid to start, but then chewy and explosive to taste.  There are definitely some special ingredients, rum for one.  For me this is the taste of Bonfire night.  My Grandma was always cooking and baking and ran the miner's canteen, so knew how to put on a fine spread.  She died shortly before Mr G was born, but this family tradition lives on.




Grandma and Miss L as a baby

  Grandma's Treacle Toffee

2oz butter

2 heaped dessertspoons treacle

Juice of half a lemon

10-12 dessertspoons of sugar

1 tbs rum

1 tbs vinegar

grated lemon rind

Butter a shallow tray, boil all the ingredients rapidly in a pan.  Test regularly by dropping a bit into a cup of cold water, until the thread of toffee can be snapped, this means it's ready.  Leave to cool and divide up (possibly with a hammer).

Have a great bonfire night!