PEANUT BRITTLE IN 9 MINUTES

Diane Clements

Ingredients

Cooking Time: 9 minutes
Utensils: 8-cup measuring cup
1 C. raw peanuts*
1 C. granulated sugar
½ C. white corn syrup
1/8 tea. salt
1 tea. butter or margarine
1 tea. vanilla extract
1 tea. baking soda
●Stir together peanuts, sugar, syrup and salt in an 8-cup measure.
●Place in microwave and cook on HIGH 7-8 minutes, stirring well after 4 minutes. (Wooden spoon can be left in bowl.)
●Add butter and vanilla to syrup, blending well.
●Return to microwave and cook one more minute. Peanuts will be lightly browned and syrup very hot.
●Add baking soda and gently stir until light and foamy.
●Pour and spread mixture quickly onto lightly greased (flexible) cookie sheet. Let cool 1 hr.
●When cool, break into small pieces. (May be stored in air-tight container.)
*Note: If roasted salted peanuts are used, omit salt and add peanuts after first 4 minutes of cooking.

●1 C. pecan halves or 1 C. sesame seeds may be substituted for peanuts after the first 4minutes of cooking.