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Brittle: Buttery Black Walnut Brittle

Source of Recipe

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List of Ingredients

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup butter (no substitutes)
1 1/2 cups black walnuts
1/2 teaspoon baking soda


Recipe

In a saucepan, cook sugar, corn syrup and water until sugar dissolves and mixture comes to a boil. Add butter; cook until mixture reaches 280ºF on a candy thermometer. Stir in walnuts; cook until 300ºF (hard crack stage). Remove from the heat and stir in baking soda. Spread immediately into a greased 15x10x1-inch baking pan. When cool, break into pieces. Yield; 1 1/4 pounds.