Peanut Brittle 2

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar 
• 1 cup corn syrup, 
• 1/2 cup water 
• 1 cup butter 
• 3 cups raw peanuts 
• 1 teaspoon baking soda 

Blend sugar, corn syrup, water and butter. Cook to 230° F on a candy thermometer. Add peanuts and cook to 280 °F. Stir occasionally and continue cooking to 305° F. Remove from heat. Add baking soda and stir quickly until mixture foams. Quickly pour into 2 buttered 15 x 10 x 1 inch pans and spread thinly over entire surface of pans. Cool until hard and break into pieces
 

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