Peanut Brittle
"This is another recipe that My Mom and I used to make when I was a kid, so good, and as always the entire neighborhood enjoyed it -"
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
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2 cookie sheets
ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 1⁄2 cup molasses
- 1⁄2 cup corn syrup
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups unsalted peanuts
directions
- Combine sugar, molasses, corn syrup and water in a heavy three quart saucepan. Cook over low heat until sugar is dissolved. Increase heat to medium and cook without stirring to 234°F Add butter and continue cooking to 285F stirring constantly to avoid burning. Remove from heat. Add baking soda, vanilla and peanuts and mix well. Pour into two lightly buttered baking sheets spreading as thinly as possible.
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