Brown Sugar Peanut Brittle

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup corn syrup
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 dash salt
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 cups raw spanish peanuts
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

Recipe

• 1 in a heavy 3-quart saucepan combine sugars, corn syrup, water, and a dash of salt.
• 2 cook and stir until the sugars dissolve.
• 3 when syrup boils, blend in butter.
• 4 stir frequently after mixture reaches thread stage and candy thermometer registers 230 degrees.
• 5 add peanuts when temperature reaches soft-crack stage, 280 degrees.
• 6 stir constantly until temperature reaches hard-crack stage, 300 degrees.
• 7 remove from heat.
• 8 quickly stir in soda and mix well.
• 9 pour onto buttered 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1" baking pans.
• 10 as candy cools, stretch it by lifting and pulling with two forks from edges to make it thinner.
• 11 break into pieces and cool.