Southern Peanut Brittle Recipes

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.

SOUTHERN PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Mix sugar, water, syrup, and vinegar together.
• Add raw peanuts and paraffin. Boil until brown and the peanuts pop or until it is very hard when dropped into cold water (Hard ball stage).
• Take the mixture from the burner and add the Baking Soda.
• Stir well and Pour onto a Pre buttered Slab or Jelly Roll Pan.
• Let mixture cool completely and when cold break into pieces.
• Enjoy!

SOUTHERN LIVING PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Combine peanuts, sugar, corn syrup and salt.
• Cook over low heat, stirring gently until sugar dissolves.
• Cook, stirring occasionally to hard crack stage (300°F).
• Stir in butter, soda and vanilla.
• Pour onto a buttered baking sheet.
• When cool, break into pieces.