Dessert

Best Peanut Brittle is for Dessert.

Best Peanut Brittle takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Best Peanut Brittle takes 15 minutes to cook.

Best Peanut Brittle makes 16 servings.

The ingredients for Best Peanut Brittle are:

1.Grease a large cookie sheet. Set aside.
2.In a heavy 2 quart saucepan, over medium heat, bring to a boil sugar, corn syrup, salt, and water. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Stir in peanuts. Set candy thermometer in place, and continue cooking. Stir frequently until temperature reaches 300 degrees F (150 degrees C), or until a small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water separates into hard and brittle threads.
3.Remove from heat; immediately stir in butter and baking soda; pour at once onto cookie sheet. With 2 forks, lift and pull peanut mixture into rectangle about 14x12 inches; cool. Snap candy into pieces.

Here is how you make Best Peanut Brittle:

1.Grease a large cookie sheet. Set aside. 2.In a heavy 2 quart saucepan, over medium heat, bring to a boil sugar, corn syrup, salt, and water. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Stir in peanuts. Set candy thermometer in place, and continue cooking. Stir frequently until temperature reaches 300 degrees F (150 degrees C), or until a small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water separates into hard and brittle threads. 3.Remove from heat; immediately stir in butter and baking soda; pour at once onto cookie sheet. With 2 forks, lift and pull peanut mixture into rectangle about 14x12 inches; cool. Snap candy into pieces. Serving Size: 1 poundNumber of Servings: 16Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user CHEF4LIFE.

The nutritional information for Best Peanut Brittle is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 16
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 91.9

• Total Fat: 1.5 g
• Cholesterol: 3.9 mg
• Sodium: 1,875.8 mg
• Total Carbs: 20.8 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.0 g
• Protein: 0.0 g