Christmas

Home-made Peanut Brittle is for Snack.

Home-made Peanut Brittle takes several minutes to prepare.

Home-made Peanut Brittle takes several minutes to cook.

Home-made Peanut Brittle makes 44 servings.

The ingredients for Home-made Peanut Brittle are:

3 cups white sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
? cup water
3 cups peanuts (approx. 14 oz.)
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
Butter/cooking spray for greasing baking pan

Here is how you make Home-made Peanut Brittle:

1. Lightly grease a 13x9 inch baking sheet with butter.2. Combine sugar, corn syrup and water in a large pot (3 quart), mixing well.3. Heat over medium-high heat until 280o F (using a candy/deep-fry thermometer). Stir mixture often (using a silicon spatula works well, as the mixture won?t stick to it), being sure not to let mixture burn.4. Gradually add the peanuts (if peanuts are raw, maintain the 280o bowl, while stirring to keep nuts from burning).5. Increase the temperature of the mixture to 300o F. Remove from heat.6. Add baking soda and salt, mixing well (do not let boil over!).7. Pour mixture into pan and spread as thin as possible.8. Let stand to cool. Crack, and eat!Serving Size: Makes 44 oz of brittleNumber of Servings: 44Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user WINTERBIOLOGY.

The nutritional information for Home-made Peanut Brittle is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 44
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 108.3

• Total Fat: 4.5 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 184.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 16.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.7 g
• Protein: 2.1 g