Spicy Mixed Nut brittle

By á-47

Brittle with pepper, tabasco and red pepper flakes

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 1/2 tea. salt
• 3 cups mixed nuts
• 2 Tbsp. butter
• 2 tea. baking soda
• 2 tea. vanilla
• 1 tea. tabasco
• 1 tea. black pepper
• 1/4 tea. crushed red-pepper flakes

Preparation

Step 1

Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray.

Combine the sugar, water, and corn syrup in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil and cook until the sugar has dissoved and the temperature has reached 270 degrees on a candy thermometer, about 15 minutes.

Stir in the salt and nuts and cook, stirring, until the temperature reaches 300 degrees (5-6 minutes longer).

Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the butter, baking soda, vanilla, tabasco, red-pepper flakes and black pepper.

Pour onto the baking sheet and spread with a spatula into as thin a layer as possible.