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Peanut Brittle Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup water
1/4 tsp. cream of tarta
2 tbls. molasses
2 tbls. butter or margarine
1/2 tsp.salt
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
2 cups salted peanuts (I put only 1 1/2 cups cocktail peanuts)
Directions:
Directions:
Grease a large platter or cookie sheet. Put sugar water and cream of tartar in a saucepan and cook WITHOUT stirring until a small quantity dropped in cold water separates into thick threads or candy (thermometer reaches 280º). Add molasses, butter or margarine and salt. Cook this time stirring constantly to 300º or until drop tested in cold water (becomes brittle). Add baking soda and peanuts at once and mix quickly. Pour on platter and spread thin with a spatula. Work fast or it will get to hard to spread. When cool, but not cold, break into pieces.

 

 

 

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