Nut Brittle

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups nut kernels
• 2 cups white corn syrup
• 2 tablespoons vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Method

1. 1

   Cook the syrup, vinegar, and salt in a saucepan until a little dipped in cold water forms a soft ball.

2. 2

   Put the nuts into this syrup, pour into an iron skillet and cook, stirring constantly, until the syrup becomes golden brown.

3. 3

   Remove from the fire and add the vanilla.

4. 4

   Have ready a shallow buttered pan, pour in the candy, and spread it out in a thin sheet.

5. 5

   After it is cool, remove from the pan and crack into pieces.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Aunt Sammy's radio recipes (1926) by United States. Department of Agriculture. Radio Service, page 9. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

11 teaspoon salt. 1 cup water, | 2 quarts freshly popped corp. Cook the sugar, water, and salt until the su'up forms a soft ball when dropped into cold water. Remove from the fire. Beat with a spoon until it looks creamy. Drop in the popcorn and stir quickly until each kernel is coated with sugar. Put on a platter and separate the grains of corn. NUT BRITTLE For nut brittle, use walnuts, pecans, peanuts, Brazil nuts cut in pieces, shredded coconut, or practically any other kind of nut. Puffed breakfast foods may also be used in place of nuts. If you buy nut kernels shelled, be sure to look them over carefully for small pieces of shell. 2 teaspoons vanilla. 2 cups nut kernels. 2 cups white corn sirup. 2 tablespoons vinegar

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