LEMON GINGER SUNFLOWER SEED BUTTERY BRITTLE
This is so tasty! No nuts. Easy to make for gifts for holidays, especially for people who cannot eat nuts. You don't have to use the ginger but definitely use the lemon!
Provided by Montana Heart Song
Categories Candy
Time 20m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In medium saucepan add butter, sunflower seeds, salt, lemon zest, and ginger. Heat on low heat, stirring until covered and warm.
- Keep warm in warm oven.
- Grease a large jelly roll pan with pam or other shortening.
- In large heavy 4 quart saucepan, add sugar, corn syrup and water. Heat slowly, stirring with a wooden spoon. Sugar will turn a golden brown. Do not burn.
- Use a candy thermomenter. When the sugar mixture reaches hard crack stage 300*. Pull off heat.
- Stir in baking soda and lemon extract. Beat it in thoroughly.
- Take warmed sunflower seeds out of oven and fold into sugar mixture.
- Spray large flat bottomed spoon with Pam.
- Spread candy mixture on jelly roll pan.Even out with bottom of flat bottomed spoon.
- Cool.
- Crack into 4 inch pieces.
- Store in air tight glass canisters or wrap with waxed paper between layers and put in decorative cups wrapped with colorful cellophane for the holidays.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 369.8, Fat 13.9, SaturatedFat 2.3, Cholesterol 5.1, Sodium 103.1, Carbohydrate 60.6, Fiber 2.1, Sugar 52.5, Protein 4.9
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