PEANUT BRITTLE IN 9 MINUTES

By stepjo7269

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.

Details

Servings 1

Preparation

Step 1

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