Peanut Butter Brittle (Another recipe)

By shygirl

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• ¼ cup water
• 1 ½ cups light corn syrup
• 2 cups salted peanuts
• 2 to 2 ½ cups peanut butter
• ½ tsp. vanilla
• 1 ½ tsp. baking soda

Preparation

Step 1

Grease cookie sheet (s)
Combine sugar and water in heavy saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil over high heat. Cover and let steam to dissolve sugar crystals from sides of pan. Stir in corn syrup. Cook to hard crack stage (300 deg.)
Meanwhile, mix peanuts, peanut butter and vanilla. Remove syrup from heat; immediately add peanut butter mixture. Working quickly, stir in baking soda and pour brittle onto greased cookie sheet (s). Quickly spread with fork.

Yield: About 3 pounds creamy peanut brittle