A straightforward, three-ingredient rolled dough with pastry filling. The cookies I bake with the most demand are these. Both young and elderly adore them. Add some sugar granules.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 35 mins |
| Servings: | 15 |
| Yield: | 15 servings |
Ingredients
- butter
- 2 ½ cups white sugar
- ¾ cup golden syrup
- 6 tablespoons water
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
Instructions
- Grease a rimmed 8×12-inch baking pan and line bottom and sides with parchment paper, making sure the parchment sides reach at least 2 inches above the sides of the baking sheet. Grease parchment with butter.
- Combine sugar, golden syrup, water, and vanilla extract in a deep, heavy-bottomed saucepan. Bring to a boil, but do not stir. Heat to 310 degrees F (155 degrees C) or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle threads, about 10 minutes. Brush the sides of the pan with a clean pastry brush dipped in water if any sugar crystals form on the sides of the pan.
- Remove from heat and carefully add baking soda; stir quickly until foaming subsides and mixture turns golden. Pour into the prepared baking pan immediately. Cool until set, about 15 minutes. Break into bite-size chunks to serve.
- You can also use light corn syrup instead of golden syrup for similar results.
Reviews
Worked great! Also added a little coffee flavoring. Thinking I might try it with banana cream flavoring next as it’ll probably pair well with the toffee flavor.
Wonderful recipe . Followed exactly and had excellent results. Taste is exactly as I remembered from childhood.