Peanut Brittle

By HazyWaters

Ingredients

• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 1/2 cups peanuts
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 2 teaspoons baking soda

Details

Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 60mins

Preparation

Step 1

1. Grease a large cookie sheet. Set aside.

2. In a heavy 2 quart saucepan, over medium heat, bring to a boil sugar, corn syrup, salt, and water. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Stir in peanuts. Set candy thermometer in place, and continue cooking. Stir frequently until temperature reaches 300-305 degrees F (150-152 degrees C), or until a small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water separates into hard and brittle threads.

3. Remove from heat; immediately stir in butter, vanilla and baking soda; pour at once onto cookie sheet. With 2 forks, lift and pull peanut mixture into rectangle about 14x12 inches; cool. Snap candy into pieces.