DIXIE PEANUT BRITTLE
from Virginia-
Stove Top Method:
Ingredients:
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup water
1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
3 cups raw shelled peanuts, skins on
2 tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons baking soda
In a heavy saucepan heat sugar, syrup, water and salt to a rolling boil. Add peanuts. Reduce heat to medium and stir constantly.
**Cook to hard crack stage (293°-
**Note: In the absence of a candy thermometer, test for hard crack stage by dropping a tiny bit of syrup into ice water (let it thread from a spoon into the water). When the threads are brittle (not pliable) it has reached the hard crack stage.