Peanut Brittle Candy 030210

1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup water
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1 cup salted peanuts
1 teaspoon Baking soda

Combine sugar, corn syrup and water in heavy skillet. Cook slowly until sugar dissolves. Cook to soft ball or soft crack stage (270°F on candy thermometer). Use a candy thermometer for best results.

Add peanuts and salt. Cook to hard crack stage (300-310°F), stirring constantly. Add butter and soda. Stir to blend (mixture will bubble).

Pour onto a large well-buttered plates or marble pastry slab or cookie sheets. CAUTION: Mixture is very hot!

Cool partially by lifting around edges with spatula.

When cool, bread into pieces with a hammer.

If you use a candy thermometer, this recipe makes perfect peanut brittle every time.