Peanut Brittle

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup light corn syrup
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 1/2-2 cups roasted peanuts
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 grease (or spray lightly with pam) a large cookie sheet. set aside.
• 2 in a heavy 2 quart saucepan, over medium heat, bring to a boil sugars, corn syrup, salt, and water. stir until sugar is dissolved. stir in peanuts when temp reaches 250°f set candy thermometer in place, and continue cooking. stir frequently until temperature reaches 305°f (150°c), or until a small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water separates into hard and brittle threads.
• 3 remove from heat; immediately stir in butter or margarine, baking soda and vanilla; pour at once onto cookie sheet. with 2 forks, lift and pull peanut mixture into rectangle about 14x12 inches; cool. snap candy into pieces.