Peanut Brittle-the perfect candy for the peanut lover in your life!
I totally fell for it this weekend. The Taste of Home magazine arrived about a week ago, filled with some yummy treats. I dog-eared about a dozen recipes I want to try…then left the magazine laying around.
Hubby found it, I think he dog-eared a few extra recipes for me. Then he spotted the peanut brittle. He’s been asking me to make it and I just hadn’t gotten around to it yet. Long conversation short, he said I couldn’t do it. Big mistake mister! Not a half hour later, I’ve got my candy thermometer out and all the ingredients lined up.
Silly boy, Brittle is easy to make. In less than an hour I was taking him a sample for approval. I didn’t really need his approval, I just wanted to have that look on my face, you know the one, the “I showed you” look.
I think he had the same look on his face as he ate it up.
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Peanut Brittle
from Taste of Home Magazine
Peanut Brittle
Ingredients
- 3 cups sugar
- 2 cups water
- 3/4 cup light corn syrup
- 3/4 cup dark corn syrup
- 2 cups salted peanuts (cocktail, spanish or dry roasted)
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Line 3 large baking sheets with parchment paper. set to the side.
- In a large heavy duty sauce pot, combine sugar, water, and corn syrups. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally to dissolve sugar,.
- Once mixture reaches a full boil, continue boiling without stirring, over medium heat until a candy thermometer reaches 260 degrees (hard ball stage) Stir in peanuts and butter, stirring frequently till mixture reaches 300 degrees (hard crack stage.)
- Remove from heat and stir in Baking soda and vanilla, mixture will foam up. Pour out onto the 3 baking sheets and spread as thin as possible. Let cool completely then break into pieces.
Notes
recipe source ChocolateChocolateandmore.com
Meredith @ Wait Til Your Father Gets Home says
Peanut brittle always reminds me of my grandpa…he loves it, and I’m sure he’d love your recipe too!!
Thanks for partying with us @ Keep Calm & Link Up! Have an awesome week 🙂
xo, Meredith @ http://www.waittilyourfathergetshome.com
Bonnie says
This was a great recipe, my family really likes it. The only comment that I got was add a bit more peanuts. So next time I will try it with 2 1/2 cups of peanuts. Thanks for the recipe.
Del Floyd says
Joan, I have always made peanut brittle using the microwave recipes and they turn out well. The only problems is pouring the hot syrup out of a hot big glass bowl with no handle, its hard to do and dangerous. You cant get all the candy scraped out of the bowl unless you have someone to hold the bowl while you scrape it, using your method with the pan on the stove will be so much easier and it can be spread thinner. I just wonder why you add water on the stove method and no water is added for the microwave recipe.
Susan says
I know it is being stated that peanut brittle is beginner candy making and I may somewhat agree but you need to have some no how on candy making in general of which I really don’t. I bake. However, I just made this brittle and it is cooling. It seems to have turned out ok. What I would have liked to known before hand is that it takes some time for the sugar mixture to hit 260….at least it did for me. Stir in peanuts/butter easy enough and then wait again to hit 300, again longer than I thought causing me to think i was doing something wrong or something wrong with my thermometer. Then you take off heat and add vanilla/soda and you do say it is going to rise but I wasn’t sure how high to let it go and fearing it was going over my pan. I found that if you stir it, it falls back down. I immediately pour into 3 baking sheets but am dismayed that it is not spreading on its own….I tried to spread with my spatula (keep in mind this is super hot sugar) but seemed clumsy. I have since watched a video and watch this particular person use to forks to spread mixture. So if mine tastes good, I guess i won’t mind the super thick pieces =) I know I probably should have spread more.
Beverly says
Hmm….have made peanut brittle, but the old family recipe called for raw peanuts. Not quite sure about the salt on those nuts. (not a fan of the new craze of salted caramel, etc) But my all time favorite is pecan brittle. After substituting pecans – have never craved peanut brittle again, Pecan Brittle is the bomb!
Joan Hayes says
I love substituting pecans whenever I can. You are so right, Pecan Brittle is amazing!