Peanut Brittle

This is a fool proof Peanut Brittle recipe. Crunchy and totally yummy!

For a fun presentation idea, I just wedged it in some popcorn and peanut m and m's.

Whenever I make this it makes me nostalgic, because I had so much of it growing up. Many many sweet sticky memories with this one!

Total Time:

• Prep time 15 mins

• Cooling time 20 mins

• Total time 35 mins

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cup sugar

• 1/2 cup water

• 1/4 cup light corn syrup

• 1 tsp baking soda

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• pinch of salt

• 2 cups roasted unsalted peanuts

• butter for greasing tray if not using silpat mat

Equipment:

1. Baking sheet

2. Silpat mat

3. Sugar Thermometer

METHOD:

• Preheat oven to 350 and put baking tray lined with a Silpat to heat up

• Combine sugar, water and corn syrup in a heavy bottom pan, give it a stir and start heating up

• Add a sugar thermometer to pan

• Brush down sides of pan with water using a pastry brush, to avoid the sugar crystalizing

• Heat till 300 F, just shy of hard crack stage

• Add salt, baking soda and vanilla and peanuts stir

• Take your tray out of the oven and pour the mixture on your tray and quickly spread out with spatula or buttered palette knife

• Let it cool at room temperature for 20 mins

• Break into pieces

Enjoy !

Some helpful tips:

• when you add the vanilla and baking soda to the caramel be careful because it will bubble up

• once the mixture is ready work quickly to spread it, as it starts cooling and becoming hard