Peanut Brittle

By Bailey1_

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups raw Spanish peanuts
• 1 Tablespoon butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon soda

Preparation

Step 1

Combine sugar, syrup and water in heavy pan. Cook, stirring constantly, until sugar dissolves. Add salt and nuts. Cook stirring occasionally, to hard-crack stage (294). Add butter, vanilla and soda; stir to blend. Pour onto 2 buttered cookie sheet; while still warm, pull out to desired thinness.
When cold, crack into pieces.

Variation: Substitute 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar for 1 cup granulated sugar.