Recipe: Homemade honey toffee lollipops

1 teaspoon butter

Grease a large tray or chopping board and lay out lolly sticks (about 20) about 3 inches apart.

Heat water, vinegar and honey in a deep sided saucepan as the mixture will froth up when it boils. Allow it to boil gently, not a rolling boil or you will scorch the honey - until a firm ball forms when you drop some into cold water. To do this, just have a glass by the pan and drip a little in. You should be able to roll the ball between your thumb and forefinger.

Plunge the bottom of the pan into some cold water to stop the mixture from continuing to cook and add the butter and vanilla extract stirring until smooth.

Spoon one or two spoonfuls of the mixture over each stick, covering the top by about an inch. You want your lollies to be about 2 inches diameter.

These toffees go soft if you don't keep them cold and they must be in an airtight container or they will pick up the taste of the fridge or freezer.

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