How to Make Homemade Butterscotch

How to Make Homemade Butterscotch.

A very simple recipe for an age-old delicious candy.Some have documented that "buttery toffee" is often called butterscotch—Scotch being an old adjective for Scotland—which suggests it was invented in the country.

Ingredients.
1/2 to 1 cup (100 to 200g) sugar.
1 tablespoon (15g) butter.
Cream.
1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
Water ( 1/4 weight, not volume, of the sugar).

Steps.
1. Take the sugar and put it into a pot.
2. Pour in some water. About enough to cover the sugar
3. Turn the stove top onto high so the water starts to boil.
4. Start stirring the sugar right away to keep it from sticking to the bottom and turning into toffee.
5. Keep stirring and adding water until the sugar and water mixture turns into a Brown syrupy mixture. What you have now made is a light caramel syrup.
6. Remove from heat.
7. Add the butter and stir it into the syrup. Also add a shot of cream and a teaspoon of vanilla.
8. Put back onto the stove but heat it until it's at the "soft crack" stage. The soft crack stage is about 270-290°F or 132-143°C. You should have a concentration of about 95% sugar. If you heat it too long then it will turn into toffee.
9. Keep heating until it is thick but still fluid.
10. Immediately pour it into a bowl or container. Make sure you keep stirring it otherwise it will thicken and become a toffee like substance.
11. Let the butterscotch cool
12. Enjoy the great taste of butterscotch.

Community Q&A.

Question : Will this turn out if I use Splenda?
Answer : Probably not. Butterscotch is basically crystallized sugar and depends quite a bit on the specific chemistry of sugar molecules.
Question : Can I use whole milk instead of cream?
Answer : You can, but the butterscotch won't turn out as rich and creamy.
Question : Does it turn into a solid or does it stay a liquid?
Answer : Butterscotch will harden a few hours after it's made. This is the way it's eaten.
Question : Do I really need to use vanilla?
Answer : To get the right flavor, yes. If you want to make a plainer candy without vanilla, go ahead.

Warnings.

Butterscotch will get very hot; it helps to have a helper. If you are a kid, make sure you have parental supervision.
Things You'll Need.
Container for storage.
Pot.
Stirring utensil.
Stove.