- Yield: 1 tray of peanut brittle
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Serving: For Family
PEANUT BRITTLE
Hi and Welcome to our website!
Are you looking for homemade peanut brittle, if so you are in the right place.
Our PEANUT BRITTLE is made with peanuts and corn syrup, I'm sure there is a hundred ways to make this tasty little snack. But if you haven't made it before I have a simple step by step tutorial you can follow and a recipe posted below. 🙂
Plus a few photos to check out and follow along, the most important part about making home made PEANUT BRITTLE is you "MUST" have everything ready to go. Measured and in arms reach, the reasons for this you got no time in between stirring and pouring. So watch our short video and then get all your supples ready to go.
Have I convinced you yet!
If so check out our recipe and video for the full method, I'm so excited for you to make our crunchy peanut brittle.
Ingredients
- White Sugar - 1 cup
- Corn syrup - 1/2 cup
- Sea salt - 1/4 tsp
- Peanuts - 1 or 1 1/2 cups, salted or plain
- Butter or margarine - 2 tbsp
- Baking soda - 1 tsp
- Water - 1/4 cup
Instructions
- Start by greasing a large cookie sheet. Set aside.
- You will need a heavy bottom saucepan, cook over medium heat, bring to a boil, corn syrup, sugar, sea salt, and water.
- Stir until sugar is dissolved then stir in peanuts, stirring occasionally.
- Put candy thermometer in place on the inside of saucepan and clipped to the pot, and continue cooking.
- Stir frequently until temperature reaches 300 degrees F (150 degrees C), or “TEST"  a small amount of mixture drop it into  cold water, if it separates into hard and brittle threads its ready for the next step.
- Remove from heat, immediately stir in butter and baking soda, pour at once onto prepared cookie sheet.
- With TWO forks, lift and pull peanut mixture away from you, then let cool.
- Snap PEANUT BRITTLE into pieces. ( Store in cookie jar, cookie tin, plastic bag or gifted.)
Allergens
This is a prefect gift for a friend or family member to snack on all through Christmas or anytime of the year, but if you are looking for a gift idea this is it. 🙂
I hope you are ready to go make your own fresh batch of PEANUT BRITTLE, so easy and tasty. I love mixing these up with a piece of chocolate, I’m all about chocolate. 🙂 I’m using a regular corn syrup but you can use your type of corn syrup. I only use real butter for the richness of the base and flavour, but you can use margarine. So this is it follow along with me on the video or just follow the recipe, ether way you make it this will be lovely.
Thank you for stopping by today and reading our blog and enjoying our recipe and video, please do leave us a message telling us what you think or what you do different with your peanut brittle. So many wonderful ways to make this recipe and all equally as delicious, so from our kitchen to yours, thank you for joining us and you have a wonderful day. 🙂 Bonita
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