Lenise's Peanut Brittle

Ingredients

• 1.5 cup granulated white sugar
• 1 cup Karo light corn syrup
• 1 tbsp water
• 1 lb raw spanish peanuts (about 3 cups)
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1.5 tsp vanilla extract

Procedure

1. Preheat a cookie sheet pan and the peanuts (in a separate pan) in the oven to 240ºF.
2. Mix sugar, corn syrup, and water in a 3 qt sauce pan and start heating, watching temperature with a candy thermometer or a good digital probe
3. When the syrup reaches 240ºF, add the peanuts and butter
4. Keep heating the mixture, stirring to keep it from burning, till it reaches 293ºF
5. Remove from heat
6. Stir baking soda in - the mixture will foam up
7. Stir in vanilla extract
8. Spread evenly over the preheated cookie sheet and let cool on the counter till hard
9. Once cool, break into pieces and store in airtight containers to keep fresh

Variations

Other nuts, mainly. Cashews, pistachios, and macadamias all make excellent brittle.