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Maple Butterscotch Candy

Source of Recipe


From "The Official Vermont Maple Cookbook"






List of Ingredients



• 2/3 cup pure maple syrup
  
• 1 cup granulated sugar
  
• 1/3 cup butter
  
• 1/2 cup water
  






Instructions



1. Turn maple syrup, sugar, butter and water into a heavy, 2-quart saucepan. Stir to dissolve sugar, then cook, without stirring, until a drop of cold tap water separates mixture into pliable threads (285° with a candy thermometer).
   
   
2. Turn into a buttered 8-inch square pan. Mark candy into squares while mixture is still soft. Break into pieces when cold.
   
   Makes one 8-inch pan.