Peanut Brittle

Ingredients

• 3 cups sugar
• 1 ½ cups light corn syrup
• 1 ⅓ cups water
• ½ tsp salt
• 8oz spanish peanuts
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp baking soda

Directions

1. Grease two sheet pans, or line with silpat mats
2. Combine sugar, syrup and water in large saucepan
3. Bring to a boil for about a half hour, stirring constantly, until your candy thermometer hits 235℉"
4. Add salt and peanuts all at once
5. Continue to cook and still until mixture reaches hard crack stage (310 degrees)
6. Remove from heat
7. Stir in butter, then baking soda
   1. Make sure your pan is large enough as the mixture will fluff up quite a bit
8. Stir rapidly until mixture turn a light brown color and begins to thicken
9. Pour onto buttered pans and spread thin, working very fast as it tends set very quickly
10. Let set for a few hours
11. Break into pieces when cool