Best Grams Peanut Brittle Recipes

MOM'S BEST PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Grease a large cookie sheet. Set aside.
• In a heavy 2 quart saucepan, over medium heat, bring to a boil sugar, corn syrup, salt, and water. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Stir in peanuts. Set candy thermometer in place, and continue cooking. Stir frequently until temperature reaches 300 degrees F (150 degrees C), or until a small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water separates into hard and brittle threads.
• Remove from heat; immediately stir in butter and baking soda; pour at once onto cookie sheet. With 2 forks, lift and pull peanut mixture into rectangle about 14x12 inches; cool. Snap candy into pieces.

PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Lay out several sheets of foil to spoon the hot peanut brittle onto.
• In a large skillet mix the sugar, syrup, and water together. Cook at a medium-high heat, stirring regularly. Heat until the mixture has a hard ball consistency. Heat to 250 to 265 degrees F (121 to 129 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a rigid ball. If you don't own a candy thermometer, occasionally hold spoon above mixture, allowing it to drip off spoon. When mixture is at hard ball stage, it will 'hair' off the spoon when falling, looking like a clear spider web.
• Once mixture is at hard ball consistency, add raw peanuts. (They will pop a little.) When mixture starts to turn a light clear-brown, as if it's starting to burn, remove from stove. Add soda and stir. Mixture will foam up.
• Spoon out bite-size pieces onto unbuttered foil, stirring constantly between each couple of pieces. Mixture can also be poured onto unbuttered foil as one big piece and broken into smaller pieces once cooled.

GRAM'S PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• 1. Measure all ingredients and have them in separate containers. You will need a microwavable 2 quart container preferably with a handle. I use a 2 quart glass measuring bowl with a handle. You will also need a wooden spoon.
• 2. Mix syrup and sugar in the 2-quart container.
• 3. Microwave the mixture for 3 minutes and 30 seconds. The syrup will be bubbly.
• 4. Remove bowl from microwave and add the peanuts and quickly stir.
• 5. Return the container to the microwave and set timer for 4 minutes and 30 seconds.
• 6. When timer sounds, check to see if the syrup has started to turn gold and if not continue to microwave at 15 second intervals until it begins to turn a deep gold. It usually does not take more than 5 minutes.
• 7. Remove from microwave and add the butter, vanilla and baking soda and stir incorporating everything well.
• 8. The mixture will begin to foam.
• 9. Quickly pour mixture onto a well buttered cookie sheet or buttered foil lined cookie sheet or onto a Silpat. I prefer using a Silpat as the brittle comes away from the Silpat very easily.
• 10. Spread the brittle with the back of a wooden spoon until it is about ¼ inch thick.
• 11. Move to a rack to further cool.
• 12. When brittle has cooled some and begins to harden remove brittle from pan or Silpat and place on rack to cool completely.
• 13. When the brittle has fully cooled I put it upside down on a cookie sheet and tap it in various places with the wooden handle of a heavy knife to break it a part. Place the brittle into plastic bags or containers to keep fresh.
• 14. Note: The following photos will help you to see what a perfect brittle color should be before it is poured. Notice how the syrup is still clear. This color is not gold enough.
• 15. This color is almost there but not quite gold enough.
• 16. This color is perfect. CAUTION: Anything darker than this and it will burn.

THE BEST PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil and grease with nonstick cooking spray.
• Stir together the sugar, corn syrup and 1/2 cup water in a medium saucepan fitted with a candy/deep-fry thermometer. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat, then continue to boil until it's golden brown and it reaches 340 degrees F, about 15 minutes.
• Working quickly, remove the pan from the heat and stir in the butter and baking soda until smooth (it will foam and bubble up). Stir in the peanuts until evenly distributed amongst the sugar mixture.
• Pour onto the prepared baking sheet and quickly smooth with a rubber spatula into a thin and even layer. Let harden uncovered at room temperature until cooled completely. Break into pieces and store in an airtight container.

GRAMMY'S PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• 1. NOTE* It's important to use RAW peanuts...they cook in the sugar. If you use peanuts that have already been roasted, you run the risk of burning them.
• 2. In CAST IRON SKILLET, cook sugar, corn syrup and peanuts while stirring CONSTANTLY until amber color.
• 3. Add butter, stir well.
• 4. Remove from heat, stir in baking soda and IMMEDIATELY pour onto greased foil. QUICKLY spread with knife as this stuff sets up fast. Let cool COMPLETELY. Break into pieces and store in air-tight container.

PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Use a bit of butter to grease a baking sheet, preferably one with a low rim. Combine sugar and 2 tablespoons water in a heavy skillet and turn heat to medium. Stir until smooth, then cook, adjusting heat so that mixture bubbles steadily. Stir occasionally until mixture turns golden brown (which it may do rather suddenly).
• Stir in the peanuts and a large pinch of salt, if desired. Pour mixture onto greased baking sheet and spread out. Cool for about a half-hour, then break into pieces. (You can score brittle with a knife when it has solidified slightly but not yet turned hard; that way, it will break into even squares.) Store in a covered container for up to two weeks.

PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Butter a rimmed baking sheet; set aside. Stir together sugar, 1/2 cup water, and the salt in a medium saucepan. Cook over high heat, without stirring, until sugar begins to melt and turn golden, about 3 minutes. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until sugar has melted and mixture turns golden amber, about 10 minutes.
• Remove pan from heat. Stir in peanuts. Immediately pour peanut mixture onto buttered baking sheet. Quickly spread mixture to 1/2 inch thick using an oiled metal spatula. Let cool completely, about 15 minutes. Break brittle into pieces. Brittle can be stored in an airtight container, up to 2 weeks.

BEST EVER MICROWAVE PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Mix sugar and corn syrup together and cook on high for 4 minutes.
• Add peanuts mix well and cook on high for 3 minutes.
• Add butter and vanilla and cook on high for 2 minutes.
• Add baking soda and mix well, mixture will foam.
• Spread on well butter foil.
• when completely cooled break in to pieces.
• Store in air tight container.
• NOTE: Any type of nut can be used in place of the peanuts.

GRANDMA'S PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• In a heavy 2 quart saucepan, over medium heat, bring to a boil sugar, vanilla and water.
• Stir until sugar is dissolved.
• Stir in peanuts.
• Set candy thermometer in place, and continue cooking. Stir frequently until temperature reaches 300 degrees F (150 degrees C), or until hardens when dropped in water.
• Remove from heat; immediately stir in baking soda.
• Pour immediately onto cookie sheet.
• Lift and pull peanut mixture( I do this with 2 forks) into rectangle about 14x12 inches.
• Let cool.
• Snap candy into pieces.