Peanut Brittle Attempt 1

I have never made a brittle or any sort of sponge candy before, so what could go wrong lol.

I have never made a brittle or any sort of sponge candy before, so what could go wrong lol.

Peanut Brittle

Ingredients 

  • 100 g or 1/2 cup sugar

  • 60 ml or 1/4 cup corn syrup

  • pinch of salt

  • 20 ml or 1/8 cup water

  • 75 g or 1/2 cup peanuts

  • 1 tablespoon or 13 g butter/butter alternative 

  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Instructions

  1. Place sugar, syrup, salt and water into pot (that has enough room when baking soda is bubbling up)

  2. Cook until slowly boiling

  3. Add peanuts and thermometer into pot

  4. Stir until 148C/300F

  5. Add baking soda and butter,  work quickly so you don’t loose bubbles

  6. Immediately transfer mix onto oiled/sprayed baking sheet

  7. Try to spread candy evenly

Angela Pfleiderer