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Peanut Brittle




Source of Recipe


Barb Schaller, Burnsville, MN


List of Ingredients




2 cups sugar
1 cup light Karo syrup
1 tsp. water (I don't ask)
3 cups raw peanuts (1#)
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. baking soda


Recipe



Boil sugar, Karo, and water to 240° (doesn’t take very long). Add peanuts, continue to cook to 300° (hard crack stage) or a light caramel color. Add vanilla and soda. Mix quickly; mixture foams slightly. Pour onto two buttered WARM cookie sheets. Spread thinly; stretch as it cools to make it very thin. Makes about 1-1/2#.


Note: Also can use 1# raw cashews for cashew brittle. Two-quart size saucepan is okay. Takes less than 1/2 hour to make.
Use at least two buttered cookie sheets -- three is better -- more room to pull it thin. Asbestos fingers are a plus.