Peanut Butter Peanut Brittle

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 1/2 cups light corn syrup
• 2 cups salted peanuts
• 2 1/2-3 cups peanut butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

Recipe

• 1 preparations: butter a cookie sheet;place in warm oven to keep warm-to hot. combine the baking soda and vanilla in a small cup and set aside.(this keeps the soda from brown flaking in your syrup).
• 2 combine sugar,water and corn syrup in heavy saucepan.
• 3 bring mixture to full boil over high heat, stirring until mixture appears clear.
• 4 cook to hard crack stage- 290 degrees.(no thermometer? fill a cup with cold water and drip a drop of the syrup into water. feel the drop at the bottom of the cup -- if it's hard and brittle, it's ready!
• 5 meanwhile, put the measured peanut butter and peanuts in a medium size bowl and microwave on defrost or half power to warm .
• 6 when the syrup hits 290 remove from heat and add vanilla,soda and the warmed peanut butter mixture. combine and stir quickly.
• 7 working quickly, pour onto a very warm - hot buttered cookie sheet; spread with large spoons or forks.
• 8 cool; break into pieces.