Old Fashioned Peanut Brittle

This is so lovely to have on hand during the holidays.
You can give it away as gifts or just hoard it and eat it all yourself.
It's win-win baby!

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INGREDIENTS:

2 cups sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1 cup water
1/4 pound butter
1 pound (about 3-1/4 cups) unsalted raw peanuts
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon hot water
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda (lump free)

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DIRECTIONS

1. In a heavy 5 quart sauce pan, combine sugar, corn syrup, water and butter. Cook over medium heat until the sugar is dissolved.

2. Continue cooking without stirring until temperature reaches 234 degrees on your candy thermometer.

3. Gradually stir in the peanuts so the mixture continues to boil. Turn heat to low. Cook and stir constantly until temperature reaches 280 degrees.

4. Remove from hear and stir in salt, hot water, and vanilla extract.

5. Return to heat and bump up the temp to medium. Continue stirring until mixture reaches 300 degrees.

6. Remove from heat, add the baking soda and stir just until mixture foams (no longer).

7. Immediately pour onto a greased cookie sheet and spread as thinly as possible.

8. Cool, break, and eat!

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