Candy........peanut brittle recipe

here a peanut brittle recipe i use
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup white corn syrup
stir in large glass bowl mricrowave on high 4 mins.
next add 1 cup of peanuts stirin nuts and microwave on high 3-5 mins until light brown i use 4 mins
next add 1 tsp butter and 1 tsp vanilla add and blend well mircowave at high 2 mins
next add 1tsp baking soda and gently stir till light and foamy pour on a butter cookie sheet and let cool for a 1/2 hr then break and store in containers makes about a pound of it
so enjoy it i do take it hunting and when i go outdoors fishing a nice snack to eat and hope u all have a happy meery christmas bird

PEANUT BRITTLE

2 CUPS SUGAR
1 CUP WHITE SYRUP
1/2 CUP HOT WATER
2 CUPS RAW PEANUTS
1 TSP OLEO
1 TSP. VANILLA
2 TSP. SODA

BOIL SUGAR, SYRUP AND WATER UNTIL HARD BALL FORMS OR TO 250 ON CANDY THERMOMETER.

ADD PEANUTS AND BUTTER. STIRRING CONTINUOUSLY AFTER PEANUTS ARE ADDED.

COOL UNTIL IT TURNS A LIGHT GOLDEN COLOR.

REMOVE FROM HEAT AND ADD VANILLA AND SODA.

STIR QUICKLY AND POUR ONTO A GREASED COOKIE SHEET.

I POUR MINE INTO TWO BATCHES .

AFTER IT STARTS TO COOL, TAKE A KNIFE AND RUN AROUND EDGES AS YOU PULL THE CANDY .

CONTINUE DOING SO UNTIL YOU USE YOUR HANDS AND STRETCH IT.

THIS MAKES IT THINNER AND CRISPER.

IF YOU LIKE IT THICKER JUST LET IT COOL AS YOU POURED IT OUT.

Nice recipe Bulletbox.
Mink

Oops both of the recipes are nice and usefull.
Mink

Oleo ? is that butter?
soda ? baking soda ?

Just so you guys know...
That stuff Bullet makes up is legend here, in Texas.
Best Brittle I ever put in my mouth.

OLEO = Margarine

This is my Grandmother's recipe, and I forget that some folks don't know what they called margarine before it was margarine...

and yes Newt, soda = baking soda..

I guess I should have looked it over better, but I know what it means... sort of like proof reading something, and missing a word here and there...

You must be a pup. Yeah lol oleo is margerine. My granddad always called the fake stuff oleo.

When I get home tonight I need to look at MY grandmothers recipe for peanut brittle, it sounds the same. I will check and if it is different I will post mine.

If you can get your hands on some Mexican vanilla, it sure makes it better, any brand will do...

I like the wang that stuff gives candy and ice cream...

In fact that is the only vanilla we use now....

same one i use...or pretty close

always cook to hard ball in water, not 250 candy thermometer, altitude makes a difference.

We are almost out of vanilla. I picked up a gallon the last time I was in Mexico (2004)

Yep Baceline,I'm a pup. 56 year old Shorebilly. I was rased on butter,you know the stuff made from cream. Not Thickened soy bean Oil.

Great recipe . . thanks for sharing it!