Peanut Brittle
 
 
2 cups    Sugar  
1 cup    Light corn syrup  
1 cup    Water  
2 cups    Raw Spanish peanuts  
1/2 tsp    Salt  
1 Tbs    Butter  
1 tsp    Baking soda  
 
1 In a heavy 3 qt saucepan heat and stir sugar, syrup and water until sugar dissolves. Cook over medium heat to softball stage(234). Add nuts and salt. Cook to hard crack stage(305) stirring often. Remove from heat.
2 Quickly stir in butter and soda. Pour at once onto 2 well-buttered 15x11 sheet pans, spreading with spatula.
3 If desired, cool slightly and pull with fork to stretch thin. Break up when cool.
 
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Author: Jean Knudsen

 
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