Best Ever Nut Brittle

Total Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter (i used salted since i did not have the sea salt)
• 1/3 cup light corn syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 12 ounces dry roasted salted peanuts or 12 ounces cashews or 12 ounces pecans, etc
• fleur de sel (i did not have or use this) or crushed maldon sea salt (i did not have or use this)

Recipe

• 1 in large saucepan, combine sugar, water, butter and corn syrup and bring to boil.
• 2 cook over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until caramel is light brown and registers 300°f on candy thermometer, about 10 minutes.
• 3 remove from heat and carefully stir in baking soda. the mixture will bubble.
• 4 stir in nuts, then immediately scrape the brittle onto a large rimmed, nonstick baking sheet.
• 5 using the back of a large spoon (oil lightly if sticks), spread the brittle into a thin, even layer.
• 6 sprinkle with salt.
• 7 let cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• 8 break brittle into large shards.