buttery peanut brittle

Name: Buttery Peanut Brittle
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 2 cup(s) granulated sugar; 1 cup(s) light corn syrup; 1/2 cup(s) water; 1 cup(s) butter/ or margarin; 2 cup(s) peanuts; 1 teaspoon(s) baking soda

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Vicki Bauerle

Lake Foreat, CA

Updated on Oct 18, 2010

I make this every year at Christmas, it makes a great gift and is very easy!

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cook time 30 Min

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yield 2 1/2 Lbs.

Ingredients

2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup water
1 cup butter/ or margarin
2 cups peanuts
1 teaspoon baking soda

How To Make buttery peanut brittle

Step 1

Heat and stir sugar,syrup and water in a 3qt. saucepan till sugar dissolves. While syrup boils blend in butter stir often after 230 degrees add nuts at 280 degrees stir constantly to hard crack stage (305 degrees). Remove from heat quickly stir in soda,mix well. Pour into 2 cookie sheets stretch thin by lifting and pulling edges with forks. Remove from pans as soon as possible and break up.Store in air tight container. Makes 2.5 Lbs.
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