Aunt Pats Chocolate Butterscotch Candy Recipes

Steps:

• Generously butter a 10x15 inch baking pan (with sides).
• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine brown sugar, butter, white sugar, water, vinegar and salt. Cover and bring to a boil. Remove lid and heat, without stirring, to 270 to 290 degrees F (132 to 143 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard but pliable threads. Pour in vanilla, but do not stir. Remove from heat and pour into prepared pan. Let cool slightly before cutting into squares and allowing candy to cool completely.

Steps:

• Butter a 13x9-in. pan; set aside. In a heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, water and cream of tartar. Bring to a boil, without stirring, over medium heat until a candy thermometer reads 300° (hard-crack stage). Syrup will turn a golden color. , Remove from the heat; stir in butter and vanilla. Return to heat. Cook and stir until thermometer returns to 300°. Pour into prepared pan. Cool. Break into pieces.

Steps:

• In a microwave or large metal bowl over simmering water, melt chocolate chips and butterscotch chips; stir until smooth. Gently stir in noodles., Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper-lined baking sheets. Refrigerate 10-15 minutes or until set.

Steps:

• In a large pot, combine brown sugar, corn syrup, water and salt.
• Cook over medium-low heat, stirring, until sugar is dissolved.
• Do not let this come to a boil until sugar has completely dissolved.
• Turn the heat up a bit and continue cooking to the hard ball stage (250F).
• Add butter and stir to keep from scorching.
• Cook until mixture will separate into hard but not brittle strands (270F) when tested in cold water.
• Stir in the vanilla.
• Pour candy in a thin sheet onto a greased slab.
• (I don't have a slab. I turn a large metal baking pan upside down and grease the bottom- works great!).
• Mark into squares while still warm, creasing it deeply.
• Break into pieces as soon as it is cool.

Steps:

• Try to make this candy on a dry [not humid] day.
• Place sugar in a saucepan; add cream and water, and stir until the sugar dissolves. Wipe down the sides of the pan with a wet cloth. Add a pinch of cream of tartar, place over medium heat and boil the mixture very slowly until it reaches the soft-ball stage - 240 degrees F on a candy thermometer. Add the butter and boil the mixture until it reaches the soft-crack stage - 280 degrees F on a candy thermometer. DO NOT STIR AFTER THE MIXTURE HAS COME TO A BOIL!
• Remove the pan from the heat and add the vanilla extract. Pour mixture into a deep, buttered 7-inch square pan. When the butterscotch is nearly cold, use the point of a buttered or oiled knife to mark it into bars or squares. When the butterscotch is quite cold and set. Break it up, wrap each piece in wax paper, and keep the candy in an airtight container.

Steps:

• mix milk and shots then pour over ice. Please note: I don't measure when mixing this drink, so it is approximated. You may want to taste before pouring over ice.

Steps:

• 1. Heat chocolate and butterscotch chips in a double boiler or in the microwave about 4 minutes or until the chips are smooth.
• 2. Stir in chow mein noodles until they are thoroughly coated.
• 3. Use a tablespoon to place spoonfuls of the mixture on a waxed paper lined baking dish
• 4. Allow the candy to cool until the chocolate/butterscotch has hardened
• 5. These are also known as bird nests. A fun suggestion is to place the mixture on a waxed paper making a small indentation in the center of the candy to serve as a "nest". Place colorful jelly beans or robin's eggs candy into the indentation and voila! Bird's nests!

Steps:

• Put sugar and water in largesaucepan.
• Heat,stirring on occasion,until boiling point.
• Add cream of tartar.
• Cover mixture,and boil for 10 minutes.
• Remove lid,cook to 310,or hard crack stage.
• Add the butter,& lemon extract,blend.
• Remove from heat.
• Pour into a buttered pan.
• When cold,cut with scissors,and wrap in wax paper.

Steps:

• Heat corn syrup, sugar, and peanut butter together in a saucepan over medium heat until boiling, stirring occasionally.
• Combine peanut butter mixture with cereal in large mixing bowl, mix well by hand.
• Press mixture firmly into cookie sheet.
• Melt chocolate chips and butterscotch chips together, spread over cereal mixture.
• Refrigerate to set chocolate.
• Remove from refrigerator after chocolate is set, allow to return to room temperature for easier cutting.
• Cut in 1" by 2" rectangles.
• Keeps well in freezer.