Thursday, August 5, 2010

Peanut Brittle

2 C sugar
1 C corn syrup
1/2 C water
2 pkgs uncooked peanuts
3 t vanilla
1 t salt
1 t butter
2 t baking soda

Mix first 3 ingredients in pot and cook on med to firm softball. Add peanuts. Stir constantly until the syrup is a really light golden brown, and the peanuts are a toasty, brown. Be careful to prevent them from burning. Remove from heat and quickly stir in last 4 ingredients. Stir fast and pour onto well greased cookie sheet, and spread out with cooking spoon. Everything is done quickly to prevent the baking soda from going flat. Cool and break up into chunks.

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