Grandma's christmas brittle

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Preparation Time:

10 Min

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Difficulty:

Easy

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

3 c Sugar 1 Jar peanuts, dry-roasted
1/2 c Light corn syrup Unsalted -- 16 oz
1 c Water 1 1/2 ts Baking soda
1/4 c Butter -- cut into pieces 1 ts Water
1 ts Salt 1 ts Vanilla

Grease two cookie sheets and keep warm in a 200 deg. oven. In a large
saucepan, combine the sugar, corn syrup and 1 cup water. Cook over
medium heat, stirring constantly, until a candy thermometer reaches
240 deg..(soft ball stage). Stir in butter, salt and peanuts.
Continue heating, stirring constantly, until the mixture reaches 300.
Meanwhile, combine baking soda, 1 teaspoon water and vanilla. remove
saucepan from the heat. Stir in baking soda mixture. Quickly pour
half the mixture over each cookie sheet. Spread with a buttered metal
spatula to a 1/4 in. thickness. Cool. Bread into pieces. Yield: about
2 1/2 pounds.

Recipe By : Country Woman