sweet scottish tablet

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 5 cups white sugar
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 7 tablespoons butter, coarsely chopped

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 30 mins


• grease and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• combine sugar and milk in a large stainless steel pan; stir well. add sweetened condensed milk and butter; bring to a boil. reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring often, until mixture turns a deep tan color and is thickened, about 10 minutes. heat to 240 degrees f (115 degrees c) or until a small amount of mixture dropped into cold water forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from the water and placed on a flat surface.
• vigorously stir mixture, scraping sides down and mixing well. pour mixture prepared baking sheet. allow to cool at room temperature until set, 1 to 3 hours. cut into small squares or "tablets".