Aunt Betty's Peanut Brittle
Author: Betty Mitchell
Recipe type: Sweets
- 2 cups sugar
- ½ cup water
- 1 cup karo syrup
- 2 cups raw peanuts
- 2 teaspoons baking soda (plus extra for greasing the cookie sheets)
- 1 tablespoon butter (we used unsalted)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Combine the sugar, water and karo syrup in a medium saucepan.
- Cook until the mixture spins a thread (300F).
- Add the peanuts and cook until the mixture turns the same color brown as the peanuts (approx 3 minutes). Remove from the stove.
- Add the baking soda, the 1 tablespoon of butter and the vanilla. Stir well.
- Pour onto 2 buttered cookie sheets (do NOT line with wax paper).
- Once cooled and hardened, use a spatula to break into pieces.
Recipe by The Taste Place at https://www.thetasteplace.com/aunt-bettys-peanut-brittle-a-childhood-favorite/
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