Peanut Brittle

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
• 1 lb shelled unroasted peanuts (*i have used unsalted roasted peanuts and it works just fine.)

Recipe

• 1 butter 2 baking sheets.
• 2 keep warm.
• 3 combine soda, 1 tsp water and vanilla.
• 4 set aside.
• 5 combine sugar, 1 cup water and the corn syrup in a large saucepan.
• 6 cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, to 240 degrees f on candy thermometer.
• 7 (soft ball stage) stir in butter and peanuts.
• 8 cook, stirring constantly to 300 degrees f.
• 9 (hard crack stage) watch carefully so mixture does not burn.
• 10 immediately remove from heat.
• 11 stir in soda mixture completely.
• 12 (mixture will foam up) pour half the candy mixture onto each warm baking sheet and quickly spread as thin as possible with the back of a wooden spoon.
• 13 cool.
• 14 break candy into serving pieces.