Better home and garden peanut brittle recipe

Better home and garden peanut brittle recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup light-colored corn syrup
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/4 cup butter (no substitutes)
  • 2 1/2 cups raw peanuts or any other coarsely chopped nuts
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons sodium bicarbonate, sifted

Directions

  1. Line two large baking sheets with foil. Butter foil put aside. Butter sides of the heavy 3-quart saucepan. In pan combine sugar, corn syrup, water, and butter. Prepare and stir over medium-high temperature until mixture boils. Clip a chocolate thermometer to side of pan. Reduce heat to medium-low continue boiling in a moderate, steady rate, stirring from time to time, before the thermometer registers 275 levels F, soft-crack stage (about half an hour). Stir in nuts continue cooking over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, until thermometer registers 295 levels F, hard crack stage (15-20 minutes more).
  2. Remove pan from heat remove thermometer. Rapidly sprinkle sodium bicarbonate over mixture, stirring constantly. Immediately pour onto prepared baking sheets. Use 2 forks to lift and pull chocolate because it cools. Awesome completely enter pieces. Store tightly hidden to at least one month. Makes 2-1/4 pounds (72 servings).

Diet Details (Peanut Brittle)

  • Per serving:
  • 69 kcal cal.,
  • 3 g fat
  • ( 1 g sitting. fat,
  • 2 mg chol.,
  • 37 mg sodium,
  • 10 g carb.,
  • 1 g pro.
  • Percent Daily Values derive from a couple,000 calorie diet

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