Grandma's Christmas Brittle



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Grandma's Christmas Brittle

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Posted by ADMIN at 09/26/2007 06:34 | 0 comments

Directions:

Grease two cookie sheets and keep warm in a 200 degree 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 degrees
(soft-boil stage). Stir in butter, salt, and peanuts. Continue heating,
stirring constantly, until the mixture reaches 300 degrees. Meanwhile
combine baking soda, 1 teaspoon water and vanilla. Remove saucepan from
heat. Stir in baking soda mixture. Quickly pour half the mixture over each
cookie sheet. Spread with buttered metal spatula to a 1/4" thickness. Cool.
Break into pieces. Yield: About 2 1/2 pounds.

Ingredients:

3 c Sugar
1/2 c Corn syrup
1 c Water
1/4 c Butter
-cut into pieces
1 ts Salt
16 oz Dry roasted peanuts
-unsalted
1 1/2 ts Baking soda
1 ts Water
1 ts Vanilla

Serves:

8 Servings 		 
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