Microwave Peanut Brittle
(from gackroy’s recipe box)
Source: Jim Rogers
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 40 minutes
Serves 8 people
Categories: snack dessert
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup light corn syrup (Karo)
- 1.5 cups raw peanuts
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp margarine (or butter)
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp baking soda
Directions
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Put sugar, peanuts, salt in a 2 quart pyrex bowl. Add corn syrup. (Don’t stir just dump it in.)
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Microwave on high 3 minutes.
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Stir and microwave on high another 3 minutes.
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Stir in margarine and vanilla and microwave on high for another 2 minutes.
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QUICKLY stir in baking soda. (It will foam up and begin to harden.)
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Stir welll and pour quickly ponto an aluminum foil lines baking sheet sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
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Cool 30 minutes.
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Break into pieces and store in an airtight container. (The peanuts that remain after you break everything apart are great as a topping on ice cream.)