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BUTTERY PEANUT BRITTLE 2 c. granulated sugar 1 c. light corn syrup 1/2 c. water 1 c. butter or margarine 2 c. raw or roasted peanuts 1 tsp. soda Combine sugar, corn syrup and water in 3 quart saucepan. Cook and stir until sugar dissolves. When syrup boils, blend in butter. Stir frequently after mixture reaches syrup stage (230 degrees). Add nuts when temperature reaches soft crack stage (280 degrees) and stir constantly until temperature reaches the hard-crack stage (305 degrees). Remove from heat. Quickly stir in soda, mixing thoroughly. Pour onto 2 cookie sheets or 2 (15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1-inch) pans. As candy cools, stretch it out thin by lifting and pulling from edges, using 2 forks. Loosen from pans as soon as possible. Turn candy over. Break in pieces. Makes 2 1/2 pounds. This is a recipe from our database at Cookbooks On/Line! 1,000,000+ free recipes and free software at: http://www.cookbooks.com Accuracy is believed to be good, but is not guaranteed. This recipe posting is intended for personal use only. You can print a copy for yourself and/or your friends, but you cannot publish it or post it to any Internet or other public site without our permission. |