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Caramel

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Caramel

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place the brown sugar in a frying pan over medium heat.

  2. Stir the sugar until it turns dark brown and begins to smoke.

  3. Add water, one tablespoon at a time, stirring constantly until the sugar is fully dissolved.

  4. Strain the caramel through a cloth and let it cool.

  5. Bottle the cooled caramel for later use.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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