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Brittle: Traditional Peanut Brittle




Source of Recipe


The Nut Factory http://www.thenutfactory.com


List of Ingredients






2 cups sugar

1 cup light corn syrup

1 cup water

2 cups raw Spanish peanuts

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons butter

2 teaspoons baking soda



Recipe



Heat and sitr sugar, syrup and water in a heavy 3-quart saucepan until the sugar dissolves. Add salt. Cook over medium heat to soft ball stage (234*)

Add peanuts at 250*. Cook to hard crack stage (290*), stirring often. Remove from heat.

Quickly stir in butter and soda. Beat to a froth for a few seconds. Pour at once onto 2 well buttered 15 1/2x10 1/2 inch pans, spreading with spatula.

If desired, cool slight and pull with forks to stretch thin. Break up when cold.

Yield about 1 1/2 pounds