Grandma's Peanut Brittle
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
-
30
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 1 pint water
- 1 lb peanuts
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
directions
- In a heavy 2 quart saucepan, over medium heat, bring to a boil sugar, vanilla and water.
- Stir until sugar is dissolved.
- Stir in peanuts.
- Set candy thermometer in place, and continue cooking. Stir frequently until temperature reaches 300 degrees F (150 degrees C), or until hardens when dropped in water.
- Remove from heat; immediately stir in baking soda.
- Pour immediately onto cookie sheet.
- Lift and pull peanut mixture( I do this with 2 forks) into rectangle about 14x12 inches.
- Let cool.
- Snap candy into pieces.
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