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Brittle: Macadamia Nut Brittle

Source of Recipe

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List of Ingredients

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/4 cup water
3/4 cup whole macadamia nuts
1/2 cup macadamia nuts, chopped
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/8 teaspoon baking soda


Recipe

Butter two cookie sheets. Place in warm oven. Mix sugar, corn syrup and water in a saucepan. Cook over medium. heat, stirring occasionally, until syrup reaches the soft ball stage, 240�F on a candy thermometer. Stir in macadamia nuts and butter. Cook, stirring constantly, until thermometer reaches 300�F and syrup is brown in color. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and baking soda. Pour half of the candy onto each cookie sheet and quickly spread about 1/4 inch thick. When cool, break into pieces and store in a tightly covered tin. NOTE: Warming the cookie sheets helps the candy to spread into thin layers.