Old Fashioned Butterscotch Patties

It's not too late, especially if you have a couple extra free days before the holiday, to make a little candy.
This recipe came from my friend Trish who warned me how addictive these were.
I didn't listen.
Make sure you have people to share these with or risk eating the entire batch.

OLD-FASHIONED BUTTERSCOTCH DROPS

2 cups sugar 

1/4 cup light corn syrup 

1/2 cup butter (real not margarine) 

2 TBSP water 

2 TSBP vinegar

Butter 2 sheets of aluminum foil and place on 2 baking sheets

Combine all ingredients in a heavy sauce pan.   

Stir and cook over medium heat until sugar dissolves.   

Cook at a medium boil, stirring as needed to control foaming and to avoid sticking as mixture thickens.   

If syrup crystals form on the sides of the pan, wipe them off.  

Cook to the hard crack stage (290 degrees). 

Remove from heat and let stand one minute.

Quickly drop a teaspoonful of butterscotch onto the foil making patties about one inch 

in diameter and spaced about 1/2 inch apart. 

If the candy thickens so that it will not drop easily, place on low heat until workable. 

Cool.

Makes about 6 dozen small patties