Grandma's Peanut Brittle

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 30
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 pint water
• 1 lb peanuts
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 in a heavy 2 quart saucepan, over medium heat, bring to a boil sugar, vanilla and water.
• 2 stir until sugar is dissolved.
• 3 stir in peanuts.
• 4 set candy thermometer in place, and continue cooking. stir frequently until temperature reaches 300 degrees f (150 degrees c), or until hardens when dropped in water.
• 5 remove from heat; immediately stir in baking soda.
• 6 pour immediately onto cookie sheet.
• 7 lift and pull peanut mixture( i do this with 2 forks) into rectangle about 14x12 inches.
• 8 let cool.
• 9 snap candy into pieces.