Sesame peanut candy

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Preparation Time:

10 Min

Serves:

Difficulty:

Easy

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Main Ingredients:

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

2 c Sugar
1/3 c White vinegar
4 ts Water
1/2 c Sesame seeds, toasted*
1 1/2 c Roasted unsalted skinless
-peanuts

*To toast sesame seeds, sprinkle evenly into baking pan. Bake in
preheated 350 F oven until golden (about
5 min.) cool.

1. Combine sugar, vinegar and water in medium saucepan. Cook over low
heat, stirring just until sugar dissolves. Cook without stirring
until mixture boils. Boil mixture without stirring until it is
golden and reaches 295-300 degrees F (146-149 degrees C) or hard-
crack stage on a candy thermometer, about
10 minutes.

2. While sugar mixture is boilding, grease an 11x7 baking pan.
Sprinkle half of the sesame seeds and all of the peanuts evenly into
pan.

3. Pour sugar mixture over nut. Smooth surface with the back of a
greased wooden spoon. Sprinkle with remaining sesame seeds. Cool
slightly. While candy is still warm, cut into 2x1" pieces.

From: Chinese Cooking Class Cookbook, by the editors of Consumer Guide
Posted by: Sheila Exner, October 1991

Will watch for some other oriental cookbooks to see if I can find
what you really want.

Sheila