Buttery Peanut Brittle

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 cup margarine or 1 cup butter
• 2 cups raw peanuts or 2 cups roasted peanuts
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

Recipe

• 1 combine sugar, syrup and water in 3 quart pan.
• 2 cook and stir until sugar dissolves.
• 3 when syrup boils, blend in butter.
• 4 stir frequently after mixture reaches syrup stage (230°).
• 5 add nuts when temperature reaches soft crack (280°) and stir constantly until hard crack (305°).
• 6 remove from heat.
• 7 quickly stir in baking soda, mixing thoroughly.
• 8 pour onto 2 large, well butter cookie sheets.
• 9 as candy cools, stretch out thin by lifting and pulling from edges, using 2 forks.
• 10 loose from pans as soon as possible and turn candy over.
• 11 break in pieces.
• 12 i use table knife handle.