Butterfinger Peanut Brittle Food

PEANUT BUTTER PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• 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).
• Combine sugar,water and corn syrup in heavy saucepan.
• Bring mixture to full boil over high heat, stirring until mixture appears clear.
• 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!
• Meanwhile, put the measured peanut butter and peanuts in a medium size bowl and microwave on defrost or half power to warm .
• When the syrup hits 290 remove from heat and add vanilla,soda and the warmed peanut butter mixture. Combine and stir quickly.
• Working quickly, pour onto a very warm - hot buttered cookie sheet; spread with large spoons or forks.
• Cool; break into pieces.

BUTTERFINGER PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*.
• Cream together shortening, butter and peanut butter.
• Add sugars and cream well. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
• Mix flour, baking powder and salt together.
• Add to the shortening, butter and peanut butter. Add sugars and cream well.Beat in eggs and vanilla.
• Mix flour, baking powder and salt together.Add to the shortening mix and blend together well.
• Add candy to cookie dough.
• Drop cookie dough by heaping tablespoons onto lightly greased cookie sheets.
• Press down on cookies lightly with a fork.
• Bake cookies 10-12 minutes.cookies should be golden.
• Allow to set on the cookie sheet for a few minutes and then place them on a rack to cool.

BUTTERFINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly grease 2 cookie sheets.
• In a food processor, blend sugars, butter, egg whites, and vanilla until light and fluffy, stopping once to scrape down the sides of the work bowl, about 1 minute.
• Add the peanut butter and process using on/off pulses until combined, about 20 seconds.
• Add flour, salt and baking soda and blend until just combined using 2 to 3 on/off turns; do not over process.
• Transfer mixture to a large bowl.
• Cut candy bars into 1/2 inch pieces and stir into dough.
• Mound dough by 1 1/2 tablespoons onto prepared sheets, spacing 2 inches apart.
• Flatten slightly using fingers.
• Bake until dry in appearance and centers are slightly soft to touch, about 15 minutes.
• Cool on cookie sheets 3 minutes before removing (they will fall apart until the candy hardens up a bit).
• Transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

BUTTERFINGER CHUNKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
• Cream the butter and the brown and white sugars together until light and fluffy. Add the egg whites and beat well. Beat in the peanut butter and the vanilla.
• Combine the flour, baking soda and salt. Add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in the chopped candy bars. Shape dough into 1 1/2 inch balls and place on the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Let cookies cool on wire racks.