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Grandma's christmas brittle
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Candies & Sweets, Christmas, Desserts, Holidays |
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Ingredients:
| 3
| cup | Sugar | | 1/2
| cup | Corn syrup | | 1
| cup | Water | | 1/4
| cup | Butter | | | -cut into pieces | | 1
| tsp | Salt | | 16
| oz | Dry roasted peanuts | | | -unsalted | | 1 1/2
| tsp | Baking soda | | 1
| tsp | Water | | 1
| tsp | Vanilla |
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Procedures:
| 1 | Grease two cookie sheets and keep warm in a 200 degree oven. | | 2 | In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, corn syrup, and 1 cup water. | | 3 | Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until a candy thermometer reaches 240 degrees (soft-boil stage). | | 4 | Stir in butter, salt, and peanuts. | | 5 | Continue heating, stirring constantly, until the mixture reaches 300 degrees. | | 6 | Meanwhile combine baking soda, 1 teaspoon water and vanilla. | | 7 | Remove saucepan from heat. | | 8 | Stir in baking soda mixture. | | 9 | Quickly pour half the mixture over each cookie sheet. | | 10 | Spread with buttered metal spatula to a ? thickness. | | 11 | Cool. | | 12 | Break into pieces. | | 13 | Yield: about 2 ?pounds. |
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