Golden Buttery Peanut Brittle Food

GOLDEN BUTTERY PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Butter 2 (15x10x1-inch) baking sheets; set aside.
• Combine sugar, corn syrup and water in 3-quart heavy saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, 8-12 minutes or until sugar is dissolved and mixture comes to a full boil.
• Add butter; continue cooking, stirring occasionally, 15-25 minutes or until candy thermometer reaches 280°F or small amount of mixture dropped into ice water forms hard but pliable strand.
• Stir in peanuts; continue cooking, stirring constantly, 10-12 minutes or until candy thermometer reaches 305°F or small amount of mixture dropped into ice water forms hard brittle strand. Remove from heat; stir in baking soda.
• Pour mixture immediately onto prepared baking sheets; spread evenly to about 1/4-inch thickness. Cool completely.
• Break into pieces. Store in container with tight-fitting lid.

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.

SWEET & SAVORY MICROWAVE PEANUT BRITTLE WITH CINNAMON

Steps:

• This recipe is for 900 watt microwave. For variation use a guide of same ingredients and adjust cooking time to 45-50 seconds per 100 watts of your microwave.
• Grease or butter a cookie sheet (TIP) Spray measuring cup with pam to measure corn syrup and spray spatula also to spread on cookie sheet.).
• in 2 quart bowl or casserole dish add sugar, nuts, syrup and salt, mix until most of sugar is combined. Cook on high for 7 minutes. (should be bubbly and peanuts golden).
• Stir in butter, vanilla and cinnamon, cook on high 3 more minutes.
• Quickly, stir in baking soda until foamy (don't over stir, it needs to stay hot to spread).
• Pour onto greased cookie sheet and spread out. Sprinkle gently (or more to taste) with Kosher salt and let cool for 1 hour. Break apart into peices and store in airtight container. (freezes well in ziploc bag for several months).

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.

PEANUT BUTTER PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• In top of double boiler, warm peanut butter over low heat.
• Butter 2 large baking sheets.
• Butter sides of a heavy 3 quart pan, combine sugar, corn syrup, and water .
• Cook and stir over medium high heat till it comes to a boil --
• Clip candy thermometer to side of pan and cook till mixture reaches 275* (about 15 minutes).
• Reduce heat to medium and add 2 tbls butter stirring just until melted.
• Add peanuts and cook and stir for 5 more minutes until candy starts to turn brown and thermometer reads 295*.
• Remove from heat and remove thermometer
• Quickly sprinkle baking soda over mixture stirring constantly.
• Stir in vanilla.gentlly stir in warmed peanut butter.till it is well combined.
• Immediately pour candy onto prepared sheets.working quickly spread as thin as possible.
• When cool, break into pieces.