Easy No-fail Microwave Peanut Brittle

Total Time: 13 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup corn syrup
• 1 1/2 cups dry roasted salted peanuts (use dry roasted peanuts only!)
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon maple extract or 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

Recipe

• 1 combine sugar and corn syrup in a 3-qt heat-resistant plastic microsafe bowl.
• 2 microwave on high for 5 minutes.
• 3 stir in peanuts; microwave on high for 2-3 mins longer, or until peanuts and syrup are lightly browned.
• 4 add butter, vanilla and baking soda.
• 5 mix until light and foamy (be careful, syrup is hot!).
• 6 pour quickly onto a buttered cookie sheet, and spread to desired thickness.
• 7 when cool, break into pieces.