Amish Peanut Brittle Food

PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Butter a rimmed baking sheet; set aside. Stir together sugar, 1/2 cup water, and the salt in a medium saucepan. Cook over high heat, without stirring, until sugar begins to melt and turn golden, about 3 minutes. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until sugar has melted and mixture turns golden amber, about 10 minutes.
• Remove pan from heat. Stir in peanuts. Immediately pour peanut mixture onto buttered baking sheet. Quickly spread mixture to 1/2 inch thick using an oiled metal spatula. Let cool completely, about 15 minutes. Break brittle into pieces. Brittle can be stored in an airtight container, up to 2 weeks.

AMISH CASHEW CRUNCH

Steps:

• Lightly butter a cookie sheet.
• In a heavy pan cook and stir the butter, sugar and corn syrup over low heat until the butter is melted and the mixture comes to a boil.
• Cook until it starts to turn golden brown (290 degrees F on a candy thermometer) like peanut brittle.
• Remove from heat. Quickly stir in cashews.
• Pour out onto prepared cookie sheet. Cool completely.
• Break up into pieces. Store in airtight container.

BUTTERY PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Combine sugar, syrup and water in 3 quart pan.
• Cook and stir until sugar dissolves.
• When syrup boils, blend in butter.
• Stir frequently after mixture reaches syrup stage (230°).
• Add nuts when temperature reaches soft crack (280°) and stir constantly until hard crack (305°).
• Remove from heat.
• Quickly stir in baking soda, mixing thoroughly.
• Pour onto 2 large, well butter cookie sheets.
• As candy cools, stretch out thin by lifting and pulling from edges, using 2 forks.
• Loose from pans as soon as possible and turn candy over.
• Break in pieces.
• I use table knife handle.

AMISH PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Combine sugar, molasses, water and salt in a heavy saucepan.
• Cook slowly, stirring occasionally, to 280 degrees F.
• Stir in butter and immediately remove from heat.
• Stir in peanuts.
• Pour onto greased marble slab or stoneware platter and let cool.
• Break into pieces.

CASHEW BRITTLE

Steps:

• Spread 1 1/2 tablespoons butter all over a rimmed baking sheet until heavily coated.
• Stir sugar and corn syrup together in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high, uncovered, for 4 1/2 minutes. Stir and microwave for 3 minutes longer.
• Stir in cashews, 2 teaspoons butter, and salt. Microwave until mixture turns a light amber color, 1 minute to 1 minute 40 seconds; mixture will be very hot. Quickly stir in baking powder and vanilla extract until light and well mixed. Pour mixture onto the prepared baking sheet immediately and spread with a metal spatula.
• Place in the refrigerator until chilled, at least 20 minutes. Break into small pieces.

FLUFFY PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Butter 2 large baking sheets; set aside. Butter sides of a heavy 3-quart saucepan. In saucepan combine sugar, corn syrup, butter, and 1/2 cup water. Cook and stir over medium-high heat to boiling. Clip candy thermometer to side of pan. Cook and stir over medium-low heat to 275°, soft-crack stage (about 30 minutes). Add nuts; cook and stir to 295°, hard-crack stage (15-20 minutes more). Remove saucepan from heat; remove thermometer.
• Quickly add vanilla, stir in briskly. Sprinkle baking soda over mixture, stirring constantly. Immediately pour onto prepared baking sheets. Cool; break into pieces. Store tightly covered.
• This recipe produces a "fluffy" brittle, the candy is lightly honeycombed and opaque. For a dark and clear brittle, omit the baking soda. And let me know how that works out.

FLUFFY PEANUT BRITTLE (NO THERMOMETER NEEDED)

Steps:

• Add the sugar, water, and karo corn syrup to a large soup pot and cook on stove at medium high heat (about a 7). Cook the mixture, stirring constantly, till it spins a thread (If you're not sure what spinning a thread is, it's when you dip the stirring paddle in the mixture, then pull it out and let the mixture drip off the spoon. When you see it start to ribbon off like a spider web rather than just drip straight down, it is spinning a thread).
• Once the mixture spins a thread, add the peanuts. Cook the peanuts (stirring constantly) till the mixture turns a light golden color and the peanuts look roasted (be careful not to burn). This should take approximately 8 - 10 minutes.
• Once the peanuts have turned golden brown, add the butter, baking soda, salt, and vanilla extract and stir quickly till the butter is completely melted.
• Pour the mixture onto 2 well greased baking sheets and allow to cool for 45 minutes. Once the mixture is cooled, break apart the brittle and enjoy!

AMISH PEANUT BRITTLE RECIPE

Steps:

• Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Spray the parchment paper with non-stick cooking spray.
• Crush peanuts, then set aside.
• In a medium saucepan, mix together water, sugar and corn syrup. Heat until it reaches 260F degrees and the sugar has dissolved.
• Add butter and peanuts. Cook until mixture reaches 300F degrees or the hard crack stage. Remove from heat and add baking soda and vanilla. Stir thoroughly.
• Pour the mixture onto the prepared cookie sheet.Let cool completely.
• Break the candy into pieces.

AMISH PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• 1. Put first 3 ingredients in a large pan. Boil until hard ball stage. Then add in the butter and peanuts. Cook until it is golden in color. Remove from the heat. Add in the vanilla and soda. As soon as you do this it will start bubbling. Mix it fast then pour it onto a well greased cookie sheet. Do Not Spread it out, or it will not be as light and fluffy. Let it cool and break into pieces. Then enjoy!