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Old Fashioned Peanut Brittle
Combine the sugar, corn syrup and water in a heavy 3−quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the sugar is dissolved. Continue cooking, stirring occasional...
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Ingredients
- 1cuplight corn syrup
- 1/4cupwater
- 11/2 cups salted peanuts (or, try cashews for a unique flavor
- 4tablespoonbutter or margarine
- 2tablespoonbaking soda
- 1teaspoonvanilla
Directions
- 1
Combine the sugar, corn syrup and water in a heavy 3−quart saucepan
- 2
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the sugar is dissolved
- 3
Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until the mixture reaches the soft crack stage (285 degrees F.) on the candy thermometer
- 4
Add the peanuts and butter
- 5
Cook, stirring constantly, to the hard crack stage (300 degrees F.) on the candy thermometer
- 6
Remove from the heat
- 7
Rapidly stir in the baking soda and vanilla
- 8
Mixture will foam up.) Turn the mixture onto 2 greased baking sheets