Carrie’s Sweet Life

As soon as I saw this group I knew I wanted to participate, my grandpa, and uncle where both in the service and my best friends husband is in the service and is leaving for Iraq in January. I mentioned to my mom that I need to make something this weekend and she said sure and we started thinking. We decided on peanut brittle.

This was rather easy to whip up and tastes excellent, it was hard to keep your hands out of it. I will be sending it to our solider tomorrow.

THANK YOU to our soldiers all around the world!

Peanut Brittle(From: Betty Crocker)

• 1 1/2 t. baking soda
• 1 t. water
• 1 t. vanilla
• 1 1/2 c. sugar
• 1 c. water
• 1 c. light corn syrup
• 3 T. margarine or butter
• 1 lb shelled unroasted peanuts

Butter 2 cookies sheets, 15 1/2×12 inches; keep warm. Mix baking soda, 1 teaspoon water, and the vanilla; reserve. mix sugar, 1 cup water, and the corn syrup in 3-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, to 240 degrees on candy thermometer or until small amount of syrup dropped into very cold water forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from water.

Stir in margarine and peanuts. Cook, stirring constantly to 300 degrees or until mall amount of mixture dropped into very cold water separates into threads that are hard and brittle (watch carefully so mixture does not burn).  Immediately remove from heat;stir in baking soda mixture.

Pour half of the candy mixture onto each cookie sheet and quickly spread about 1/4 inch thich. Cool; break into pieces.

Makes about 2 pounds of candy.