Dutch Butter Candy A.k.a. Zeeuwse Boterbabbelaars Recipe

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Dutch Butter Candy A.k.a. Zeeuwse Boterbabbelaars
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Ingredients:

  • 100 g sugar (1/4 lb)
  • 100 g treacle (1/4 lb)
  • 20 g butter (4 tsp)
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 1 pinch salt

Directions:

  1. Butter a large smooth surface to work your mixture on later.(I use a stainless steel tray)
  2. Bring all mixed ingrediends to the boil, then stir over a low heat and boil down for about 5 minutes until a small drop of the mixture hardens immediately on contact when dropped into cold water.
  3. Pour your mixture onto your buttered surface and using a buttered knife, scoop the outer flowing edges back towards the middle. Your mixture will resemble mercury as it slips and springs away and in the beginning you'll have to be fairly fast to keep up with it, but keep piling it towards the centre and you will be exposing it to more air as you go, cooling it and as it cools it gets easier to handle.
  4. Beware! in the beginning it's super hot (like most sweet/candy mixtures) so use that knife and save your fingers for later when it's cool. This scraping/scooping up takes several minutes and you will see the mixture cooling, getting thicker and slower.
  5. Immediately that the mixture begins to harden use your buttered fingers to draw it out into a cord of 1.5 cm thickness (about 1/2 inch) and use a pair of scissors to cut it into little cushions . Good luck on neatness here - it's hardening fast at this point. I decided that small bites are fine since it's a very chewy toffee.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 137.25 Kcal (575 kJ)
Calories from fat 24.3 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2.7g 4%
Cholesterol 7.17mg 2%
Sodium 45.57mg 2%
Potassium 1.24mg 0%
Total Carbs 28.57g 10%
Sugars 28.24g 113%
Protein 0.03g 0%
Calcium 1.5mg 0%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 310.92 Kcal (1302 kJ)
Calories from fat 55.05 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6.12g 4%
Cholesterol 16.24mg 2%
Sodium 103.23mg 2%
Potassium 2.8mg 0%
Total Carbs 64.73g 10%
Sugars 63.97g 113%
Protein 0.08g 0%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 1%
Calcium 3.4mg 0%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 3
    Points
  • 4
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • low cholesterol

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