posted by tess 12-16-100 5:57 AM
Peanut Brittle
2 cups sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
2 cups unroasted (raw) Spanish peanuts
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. butter or margarine
1/4 tsp. baking soda
Slowly cook sugar, corn syrup, and 1 cup of water in a heavy skillet, stirring untill sugar has dissolved. Cook to a soft-ball stage (test in a glass of cold water) add peanuts and salt. Cook to hard-crack stage, stirring constantly (remove from heat while testing) add butter and soda, stir to blend. This mixture will start to bubble. Pour onto buttered platter's.
Cool partially by lifting edges with a spatula. Keep spatula moving under mixture so it will not stick. When firm yet still warm, turn over and pull edges to make brittle thinner in centre. Break into pieces when cool.