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Peanut Brittle Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1½ C. sugar
½ C. hot water
½ C. white Karo Syrup
Dash of salt
2 C. raw peanuts or pecans
1 T. butter
1 t. baking soda
Directions:
Directions:
Mix sugar, water, syrup, and salt. Cook until it spins a thread. Add nuts. Cook until nuts are done, stirring often. Add butter and baking soda, stirring quickly. Pour onto buttered pizza pan or cookie sheet and spread thin. When cool enough to handle, stretch out to make as thin as possible; break into pieces.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
I always enjoyed eating Aunt Bertha's Peanut Brittle. It was so good. Since she has been in the nursing home, I asked her how to make peanut brittle; then I found a recipe that was a lot like what she told me. It is so easy and fun to make.

 

 

 

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