Scots Tablets

• granulated sugar
• thin cream or milk, flavouring

Put into an enamelled saucepan two pounds of granulated sugar and three teacupfuls of thin cream or milk. Bring it gradually to the boiling-point, stirring all the time. Let it boil a few minutes. Test as for toffee, but do not boil it so high. When it has reached the consistency of soft putty when dropped in cold water (about 245° F.), remove the pan from the fire. Add flavouring as below. Now