Plain Jane Toffee

Plain Jane Toffee

1 stick butter
3/4 cup granulated sugar

Heat butter and sugar in heavy saucepan over medium heat until mixture boils, stirring constantly.

Boil 7 minutes, stirring constantly. Watch the heat very carefully, you want the mixture to boil, but not burn. (There are few things less palatable than burned toffee!)

Pour mixture into buttered 8 x 8 pan.

Cool until set (should only take a few minutes), then invert pan over cookie sheet and remove toffee from pan (you might have to loosen the sides with a spatula).

Break into pieces and enjoy rich, buttery toffee.

Note: This recipe is named after "Plain Jane" Sunomono, a member of the notorious clan that terrorized the Old Wild West. Plain Jane cheated at cards, robbed banks and stagecoaches, jumped mining claims, and rustled cattle, but she sure liked her toffee. So it is only fitting that this recipe is named for her.