'Nuts to You' Peanut Brittle
Our 'Nuts to You' Peanut Brittle is just delicious. You can easily use the double-entendre of this special old-fashioned candy to get your point across. Watch! "Honey, I made your favorite candy," works to reward good behavior. We offered Nuts to You Peanut Brittle a whole different way in our advice column. Keep this recipe in your arsesnal and pull it out for special occasions. See?! A final note: Keep it on hand during the holidays. Makes a perfect gift or hoard it and eat it all yourself. It's win-win baby! -------------------------------------------------- INGREDIENTS: 2 cups sugar -------------------------------------------------- DIRECTIONS 1. In a heavy 5 quart sauce pan, combine sugar, corn syrup, water and butter. Cook over medium heat until the sugar is dissolved. 2. Continue cooking without stirring until temperature reaches 234 degrees on your candy thermometer. 3. Gradually stir in the peanuts so the mixture continues to boil. Turn heat to low. Cook and stir constantly until temperature reaches 280 degrees. 4. Remove from hear and stir in salt, hot water, and vanilla extract. 5. Return to heat and bump up the temp to medium. Continue stirring until mixture reaches 300 degrees. 6. Remove from heat, add the baking soda and stir just until mixture foams (no longer). 7. Immediately pour onto a greased cookie sheet and spread as thinly as possible. 8. Cool, break, and eat! Write A Review! Don't forget to READ THE LETTERS that lead to this advice!
|
Enjoy! Whitney & Liria