Peanut Brittle-without a thermometer

One of my family’s favorite candy is this peanut brittle, they love peanuts and the great crunch this candy has. The recipe is one of my favorites too because there is no messing with the candy thermometer and there are only four ingredients. My good friend Louise gave me this recipe years ago and it is beloved by all who love peanut brittle.

Peanut Brittle-without a thermometer

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Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup
1 cup of raw peanuts
1 tsp. baking soda
pinch of salt

Directions:

• prepare cookie sheet or foil by spraying a light coat of cooking spray.
• measure 1 tsp. baking soda and set aside
• in medium size pan, put corn syrup, sugar, and peanuts in the pan and cook on medium-hight heat constantly stirring
• Stir until the peanuts start to turn light brown, the peanuts will start to smell cooked too

• take off heat and add a pinch of salt and baking soda and stir well
• pour onto prepared pan and let it spread out

• • let cool and break into bit size pieces.
  • store in zip-lock bag

Tips:

• It’s helpful to have oven mitts handy while stirring the peanut brittle and pouring it onto the pan.
• The candy is very hot and the pan it is poured on will also get hot so be careful.
• Do not double the recipe.
• Make sure the peanuts are raw or they will be over cooked and burnt.

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Tagged as: candy, holiday, peanuts