sweet and spicy brittle

Name: Sweet and Spicy Brittle
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) white granulated sugar; 3/4 cup(s) lite corn syrup; 1/2 cup(s) honey roasted peanuts; 1 cup(s) mixed shelled roasted pumpkin seeds and shelled roasted sunflower seeds; 1/2 cup(s) mixed nuts salted or not, your choice; 1 1/2 tablespoon(s) butter; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla; 1 teaspoon(s) heaping, baking soda; 3/4 teaspoon(s) chili powder your choice on heat level; 1/4 teaspoon(s) sea salt

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Dave T.

Cades Cove, TN

Updated on Dec 10, 2015

If you like nut brittle as well as I do, here is something a little different. This is almost foolproof if the steps are followed through in the correct order and you work fast. The chili powder adds a little kick at the end. I personally use a dried mixture of ghost pepper, Carolina reaper, and Caribbean red habiarino peppers that I grow, but I like hot, lol.......use what you like and what your comfortable with

Rate

prep time 10 Min

cook time 10 Min

method Microwave

yield Several

Ingredients

1 cup white granulated sugar
3/4 cup lite corn syrup
1/2 cup honey roasted peanuts
1 cup mixed shelled roasted pumpkin seeds and shelled roasted sunflower seeds
1/2 cup mixed nuts salted or not, your choice
1 1/2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon heaping, baking soda
3/4 teaspoon chili powder your choice on heat level
1/4 teaspoon sea salt

How To Make sweet and spicy brittle

Step 1

Read through entire recipe and have everything ready to go. Steps must go fast and in order to insure brittle will come out correct. In a large glass measuring cup, or glass bowl, mix sugar and corn syrup. Microwave for 5-7 min or until mixture has started to turn to a lite amber color. Keep a close eye on this, some microwaves cook faster than others.

Step 2

While the sugar and syrup is microwaving, quickly mix together butter, and all the nuts and seeds. When sugar and syrup is ready, quickly add nut and seed mixture, microwave 2 more min.
Step 3

As soon as the above comes out of the microwave stir in vanilla, salt, baking soda and chili powder, combine well and spread out on a silicone mat laid on a baking sheet with a silicone spatula (makes clean up so much easier), as thin as you would like your brittle.
Step 4

When cooled break into small pieces, store in airtight container.
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