mom's peanut brittle
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I remember standing in a chair next to the stove watching my Mom stir the peanut brittle syrup in her heavy cast iron skillet...the one that had been her mom's and her mom's before that. I remember waiting for the sound of those peanuts to start popping, knowing that very soon, we would have that much anticipated delicious candy. Today that cast iron skillet is mine, a treasured possession. I still use it to make this wonderful candy, using the same recipe we used waaaaaay back then. It's true, you know... some things only get better with age.
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(1 rating)
prep time
20 Min
cook time
25 Min
method
Stove Top
Ingredients For mom's peanut brittle
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1 cwhite karo syrup
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1/2 csugar
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1/4 cwater
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1 craw peanuts, shelled
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1 1/2 tspbaking soda
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butter, room temperature
How To Make mom's peanut brittle
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1GENEROUSLY coat a large platter or cookie sheet with butter. Set aside.
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2Mix Karo syrup, sugar, water, and peanuts together in a heavy black cast iron skillet.
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3On medium high temperature,cook and brown until the peanuts begin to pop, stirring constantly. Syrup will have become a golden caramel color.
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4BE PREPARED! Take off the stove and add the 1 ½ teaspoon of baking soda.
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5Moving VERY QUICKLY, beat the soda into the candy mixture and spread mixture out onto the buttered dish.
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6Once cool enough to handle, gently turn the brittle over to finish cooling. When finished cooling,break into pieces and store in an AIR TIGHT container.
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