penuche
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I will never forget, when we were kids, the year my sister made this and tinted it blue to make it festive and everyone that looked at it said "EEEEWWWW!"
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prep time
10 Min
cook time
1 Hr
method
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yield
20 serving(s)
Ingredients
- 2 cups brown sugar, packed
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
How To Make penuche
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Step 1Butter the bottom and sides of an 8x8 pan.
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Step 2In a large heavy saucepan, cook the sugars, milk, corn syrup, and salt until sugars dissolve and mixture boils. Continue boiling, stirring constantly until mixture reaches 236 degrees on a candy thermometer (soft ball stage).
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Step 3Remove from heat plop in the peanut butter, but do not stir in.Cool without moving pan til mixture reaches 115 degrees, this could take as long as an hour.
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Step 4Add vanilla, and beat until mixture thickens and turns lighter in color, should just take a few minutes.
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Step 5While mixture still flows, and hasn't lost it's gloss, pour into the prepared pan.
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Step 6Allow to cool completely, then loosen edges with a sharp knife, turn out on a cutting board and cut into 1 inch squares.
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Step 7Makes about 2 pounds of candy.
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