PEANUT BRITTLE
Cookies and Candies
Ingredients
Directions
3 cups sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup water
3 cups salted peanuts
2 teaspoons baking soda
Stir together sugar, corn syrup and water. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves and mixture comes to a boil.
Cook, without stirring, until temperature reaches 280°. Stir in peanuts gradually and cook, stirring, until temperature reaches 300°. Remove from heat. Add soda; stir gently, but quickly. At once, pour onto greased cookie sheets. Cool and break into pieces.
(3 cups to a pound of peanuts).
We used to make a lot of peanut brittle when Uncle Eddie brought peanuts from Gasburg. Mary Esther.
1 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup water
3 cups salted peanuts
2 teaspoons baking soda
Stir together sugar, corn syrup and water. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves and mixture comes to a boil.
Cook, without stirring, until temperature reaches 280°. Stir in peanuts gradually and cook, stirring, until temperature reaches 300°. Remove from heat. Add soda; stir gently, but quickly. At once, pour onto greased cookie sheets. Cool and break into pieces.
(3 cups to a pound of peanuts).
We used to make a lot of peanut brittle when Uncle Eddie brought peanuts from Gasburg. Mary Esther.
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