Peanut Brittle

Ingredients

• 3 cups sugar
• 14 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup white corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup water
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 pound raw peanuts
• 1 tablespoon soda

Method

1. 1

   Cook the sugar, syrup and water until it forms a hard ball (250°) when tested in cold water.

2. 2

   Add peanuts and continue cooking until slightly caramelized (300°).

3. 3

   Remove from the fire and add the salt, vanilla, butter and soda.

4. 4

   Stir until very frothy and pour onto a buttered surface.

5. 5

   When slightly cooled pull out to a thin sheet.

6. 6

   When brittle break into suitable pieces for serving.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Quaker recipes (1954) by High Point Friends Meeting. Woman's Auxiliary, page 17. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PEANUT BRITTLE 3 cups sugar 14 teaspoon salt 1 cup white corn syrup 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup water 2 tablespoons butter 1 pound raw peanuts 1 tablespoon soda

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