Toffee Lace Cups - butter

Method

• Combine all ingredients except flour in a small, heavy saucepan over med-high heat.
• Bring to a boil, stirring often.
• Once mixture is at a boil, stir constantly for 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat and sift in flour a little at a time, stirring to combine each addition before adding the next.
• Cool to room temperature or refrigerate for later use.
• (If refrigerated, allow mixture to come up to room temperature before cooking.)
• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cover a backing pan or cookie sheet with parchment paper and spoon out mixture with a metal soup spoon or a number 50 disher.
• Cookies will spread out like crazy, so place dollops 6 to 8 inches apart.
• Bake 18 minutes or until deep mahogany brown.
• To form into cups, use a metal spatula to transfer the hot candy disks to the bottoms of inverted ramekins or custard cups.
• (Have a ramekin for each disk, or the disks will set before you can get through them all.)
• Work quickly and the disks will conform to the shape of the cups.
• Remove when cool and store wrapped with paper towel inside resealable plastic bags.
• Variation:While hot, disks can be cut into shapes with a pizza cutter and used as garnish for other desserts, or l