Recipe - Butterscotch

2 pound Brown sugar
7 7/8 ounce Butter; creamed
1 Lemon or; juice of
1 Heaped tsp ground ginger

Dissolve sugar in a saucepan.

When liquid, add butter and flavouring.

Bring to a boil.

Stirring constantly, keep gently boiling for 20 minutes or until a
little blob hardens when dropped in icecold water.

Beat well for 5 minutes, pour in a buttered tin.

After cooling, score into squares with a knife.

When set, tap the bottom with a rolling pin to break into pieces.

Makes about 2 lbs.

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NOTES : As noted in the Foreword, Scots are arguably the world's
greatest candy eaters, with hundreds of recipes and thousands of
variations on them. Butterscotch is worldfamous.

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