Peanut Brittle Recipe
Tickle your taste buds with this delicious Peanut Brittle. This Peanut Brittle is never going to fail as a Snack. The marriage of the irresistible flavors of Nuts with other ingredients is the secret to this Peanut Brittle. I am certain we both will agree that this Peanut Brittle is very scrumptious.
Ingredients
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/4 cup water
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup shelled raw peanuts
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 teaspoon baking soda
Directions
1. Lightly butter large cookie sheet.
2. In heavy 2-quart saucepan over medium heat, heat first 4 ingredients to boiling, stirring constantly until sugar is completely dissolved. Stir in peanuts. Set candy thermometer in place and continue cooking, stirring frequently, until temperature reaches 300°F., or hard-crack stage (when small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water separates into hard and brittle threads), about 20 minutes.
3. Remove saucepan from heat; stir in butter or margarine and baking soda; immediately pour onto cookie sheet. With 2 forks, quickly lift and stretch peanut mixture into rectangle about 14" by 12".
4. Cool brittle completely on cookie sheet on wire rack. With hands, break brittle into small pieces. Store in tightly covered container.
2. In heavy 2-quart saucepan over medium heat, heat first 4 ingredients to boiling, stirring constantly until sugar is completely dissolved. Stir in peanuts. Set candy thermometer in place and continue cooking, stirring frequently, until temperature reaches 300°F., or hard-crack stage (when small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water separates into hard and brittle threads), about 20 minutes.
3. Remove saucepan from heat; stir in butter or margarine and baking soda; immediately pour onto cookie sheet. With 2 forks, quickly lift and stretch peanut mixture into rectangle about 14" by 12".
4. Cool brittle completely on cookie sheet on wire rack. With hands, break brittle into small pieces. Store in tightly covered container.
