Best Mrs Barneys Peanut Brittle Recipes
MOM'S BEST PEANUT BRITTLE
This is a wonderful peanut brittle that is easy to make and wows everyone! Have all the ingredients for this recipe measured out and ready. This recipe requires that you react quickly. You do not have time to measure ingredients in between steps.
Provided by Amanda
Categories Desserts Nut Dessert Recipes Peanut Dessert Recipes
Time 55m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 7
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 143.5 calories, Carbohydrate 22.3 g, Cholesterol 3.8 mg, Fat 6 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 2.2 g, SaturatedFat 1.5 g, Sodium 132.2 mg, Sugar 15.6 g
GRANDMA'S CHRISTMAS BRITTLE
Whenever my grandmother was in the kitchen, everything had to be "just so" to guarantee her time-tested results. Watching her make this brittle is one of my favorite memories, and I'm glad I can pass on this delicious recipe.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 30m
Yield about 2-1/2 pounds.
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Grease two baking sheets and keep warm in a 200° oven. In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, corn syrup and 1 cup water. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until a candy thermometer reaches 240° (soft-ball stage). Stir in butter, salt and peanuts. Continue heating, stirring constantly, until the mixture reaches 300°., Meanwhile, combine the baking soda, 1 teaspoon water and vanilla. Remove saucepan from the heat. Stir in baking soda mixture. Quickly pour half the mixture over each baking sheet. Spread with a buttered metal spatula to a 1/4-in. thickness. Cool. Break into pieces. Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 292 calories, Fat 14g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 6mg cholesterol, Sodium 247mg sodium, Carbohydrate 41g carbohydrate (34g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 5g protein.
QUICK AND EASY PEANUT BRITTLE
This is my favorite brittle recipe. I hope you enjoy.
Provided by Jordan Patten
Categories Desserts Nut Dessert Recipes Peanut Dessert Recipes
Time 45m
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Line a jelly roll pan with parchment paper.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir sugar and salt with melted butter to dissolve completely. Remove saucepan from heat, add peanuts, and stir to coat completely; immediately pour onto prepared pan and spread into an even layer.
- Refrigerate until brittle, at least 30 minutes. Separate from parchment and break into pieces.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 91.6 calories, Carbohydrate 11.6 g, Cholesterol 3.1 mg, Fat 4.8 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 1.7 g, SaturatedFat 1.2 g, Sodium 125.7 mg, Sugar 10.3 g
BUTTERY PEANUT BRITTLE
So buttery and good. I would leave the peanuts out for my dad. For everyone else, I used raw peanuts. Cooling time is not figured in.
Provided by Hoosier Margie
Categories Candy
Time 25m
Yield 2 1/2 pounds
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Combine sugar, syrup and water in 3 quart pan.
- Cook and stir until sugar dissolves.
- When syrup boils, blend in butter.
- Stir frequently after mixture reaches syrup stage (230°).
- Add nuts when temperature reaches soft crack (280°) and stir constantly until hard crack (305°).
- Remove from heat.
- Quickly stir in baking soda, mixing thoroughly.
- Pour onto 2 large, well butter cookie sheets.
- As candy cools, stretch out thin by lifting and pulling from edges, using 2 forks.
- Loose from pans as soon as possible and turn candy over.
- Break in pieces.
- I use table knife handle.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 2316.3, Fat 130.4, SaturatedFat 20.6, Sodium 1460.9, Carbohydrate 284.4, Fiber 9.9, Sugar 201, Protein 30.9
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