Easiest Way to Prepare Delicious Old Fashioned Peanut Brittle

Old Fashioned Peanut Brittle.

You can have Old Fashioned Peanut Brittle using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Old Fashioned Peanut Brittle

1. You need 1 cup of granulated sugar.
2. Prepare 1/2 cup of light Karo syrup.
3. You need 1/2 cup of hot water.
4. You need 1 cup of raw Spanish peanuts.
5. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
6. It's 1 tsp of baking soda.
7. You need 1 of butter.

Old Fashioned Peanut Brittle instructions

1. Butter a medium pizza pan. Set on a thick towel or a couple of pot holders on a heat resistant surface..
2. In a medium sized heavy bottom metal saucepan, combine sugar, Karo syrup, and water..
3. Bring to boil. Cook, stirring occasionally, to hard ball stage..
4. Add peanuts. Cook until peanuts begin to pop..
5. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla extract..
6. Stir in baking soda. Let rise until it quits and stir it down. Let rise again and pour evenly onto prepared pizza pan..
7. Let cool COMPLETELY before breaking into large pieces. Store tightly covered in a cool dry place..