LACTOSE FREE PEANUT BRITTLE

Lactose Free Peanut Brittle image

This is something I had made for my mom. At age 76 she became lactose-intolerant. I did not want her to go without during the holiday season.

Provided by Teresa Shoenleben-Ward

Categories Desserts Nut Dessert Recipes Peanut Dessert Recipes

Time 1h

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

2 tablespoons shortening
2 teaspoons butter flavoring
1 cup white sugar
1 cup raw peanuts
½ cup corn syrup
¼ cup water
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

Grease a baking sheet.
Stir shortening and butter flavoring together in a bowl until well combined.
Stir sugar, peanuts, corn syrup, water, and salt together in a 2-quart saucepan. Heat mixture over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until temperature reaches 300 degrees F (149 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle threads, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat.
Carefully stir baking soda and vanilla into peanut mixture until fully incorporated. Stir shortening mixture into peanut mixture until dissolved.
Pour peanut mixture in a single layer onto prepared baking sheet; cool until hard. Crack brittle into pieces.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 191.5 calories, Carbohydrate 29.1 g, Fat 8.1 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 3.1 g, SaturatedFat 1.4 g, Sodium 164.2 mg, Sugar 20.8 g