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Ingredients
| light corn syrup: 1/2 cup |
| granulated sugar: 1/2 cup |
| light brown sugar (packed): 1/2 cup |
| water: 1/4 cup |
| salt: 1/4 tsp |
| salted butter: 2 Tbl (softened) |
| peanuts: 1 1/2 cups |
| baking soda: 1 1/4 tsp |
| vanilla extract: 1 tsp |
Best Peanut Brittle
Credit: Food.com
User rating:
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Prep Time
10 min -
Cook Time
15 min -
Servings
16 serving(s)
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- Have all the ingredients for this recipe measured out and ready.
- Lightly butter a large cookie sheet place in a 200 degree oven till needed.
- In a 2 quart saucepan add sugar's, corn syrup, salt, and water bring to a boil over medium heat,
- Stir until sugar is dissolved.
- Insert candy thermometer.
- *NOTE FOR RAW PEANUTS:Add raw peanuts when candy sugar is dissolved and candy is boiling.*.
- *NOTE FOR OTHER TYPE OF PEANUTS: If adding any other type of peanuts or nuts instead of RAW,do not add the salt. Add peanuts to pot when candy has reached 275 degrees F other wise your peanuts might burn.*.
- Add peanuts stirring quite often.
- Continue boiling until temperature reaches 300 degrees F (Hard crack stage) on thermometer.
- * Now you have to work fast*.
- Remove from heat; quickly stir in baking soda, vanilla extract and margarine
- Pour quickly onto warm cookie sheet.
- Tilt pan back and forth until candy has spread out over pan.
- Cool candy.
- Then break candy into chunk pieces.