Beer Peanut Brittle Recipes

BEER PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Put in thick bottomed saucepan with highsides/ put 2 cups sugarin bottom with the lemon juice.
• Put enough water in just to cover.
• Place over high heat-this will boil for about ten minutes until the sugar turnsto a light caramel.
• DO NOT STIR.
• While the sugar is boiling take 2 cups of peanuts and lightly crush them and place in the oven (400 degrees) to dry out.
• When the sugar looks like its supposed to, remove from heat and add 2 T of butter.
• let it sit 10 seconds before mixing with wooden spoon.
• There will be a lot of steam.
• Next as soon as the butter is melted add the beer.
• Stand back and let steam.
• then mix over heat with spoon.
• When mixture is homogenous, add peanuts,stir.
• Pour mix onto greased baking sheet-let cool 2 hours-break apart.
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• This recipe is from.
• "BEERBUDDIES" not me!
• The instructions must have been written by a man-- lol.

PRETZEL BEER BRITTLE

Steps:

• Prepare a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone mat and sprayed with cooking spray.
• Set a large, heavy pot over high heat. Add the sugar, beer, corn syrup and vanilla and mix together. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to a simmer and cook until the sugar has dissolved completely and the liquid reaches a temperature of 305 degrees F (a small amount dropped in ice water will set and form a strand when dropped in). Remove from the heat and mix in the peanuts and pretzels. Carefully pour onto the prepared baking sheet and allow the beer brittle to cool completely on the counter top. Break the candy into pieces once cooled.

MOM'S BEST PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Grease a large cookie sheet. Set aside.
• 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.
• 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.

GRANDMA'S CHRISTMAS BRITTLE

Steps:

• Grease two baking sheets and keep warm in a 200° oven. In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, corn syrup and 1 cup water. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until a candy thermometer reaches 240° (soft-ball stage). Stir in butter, salt and peanuts. Continue heating, stirring constantly, until the mixture reaches 300°., Meanwhile, combine the baking soda, 1 teaspoon water and vanilla. Remove saucepan from the heat. Stir in baking soda mixture. Quickly pour half the mixture over each baking sheet. Spread with a buttered metal spatula to a 1/4-in. thickness. Cool. Break into pieces. Store in an airtight container.