Peanuts provide a simple addition to these homemade candies that’s ready in an hour - perfect dessert to treat a crowd.
Extra-Nutty Peanut Brittle
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 60 min
- Servings 60
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- Butter for greasing
- 1/2 cup light corn syrup
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup cold water
- 1 container (1 lb) cocktail peanuts (3 cups)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon butter (do not use margarine)
Instructions
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Step1Generously grease large cookie sheet and wooden spoon with butter.
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Step2In 2-quart nonstick saucepan, heat corn syrup, sugar and water to boiling, stirring frequently. Boil 10 to 15 minutes, stirring frequently, until mixture reaches 230°F to 234°F on candy thermometer and forms a long thread when spoon is lifted and held above pan. Stir in peanuts. Cook 10 to 15 minutes longer, stirring frequently, until peanuts turn golden brown and mixture reaches 300°F.
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Step3Meanwhile, in small bowl, stir vanilla and baking soda until soda is dissolved. Remove saucepan from heat; stir in vanilla mixture and butter. Quickly spread on cookie sheet, smoothing top with back of buttered spoon to make a single layer of peanuts. Cool about 20 minutes; break into 1-inch pieces. Store in airtight container up to 3 weeks.
Nutrition
70
Calories
4g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
7g
Total Carbohydrate
5g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Candy
- Calories
- 70
- Calories from Fat
- 35
- Total Fat
- 4g
- 6%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 4%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 50mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 55mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 7g
- 2%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 5g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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