Peanut Brittle Recipe With Pecans
Pour at once on to 4 well buttered 15 1 2 by 10 by 1 inch pans.
Peanut brittle recipe with pecans. Line a large baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper. Preheat oven to 350 degrees f. Microwave safe glass dish combine sugar and corn syrup.
Stir until sugar is dissolved. Microwave uncovered on high for 4 minutes or until a candy thermometer reads 238 soft ball stage. Add pecans and cook 2 3 more minutes or to 280 f mixture should be golden brown.
Put 1 1 2 cups of coarsely chopped pecans in another small bowl. Cook first 3 ingredients in a medium size heavy saucepan over medium heat stirring constantly until mixture starts to boil. Peanut brittle is a classic buttery and crunchy candy that no one will be able to resist munching on.
Spray a 15 x 10 inch baking sheet and metal spatula with cooking spray. In a heavy 2 quart saucepan over medium heat bring to a boil sugar corn syrup salt and water. Microwave for 4 minutes or until a candy thermometer reads 300 hard crack stage.
Boil without stirring 5 minutes or until a candy thermometer reaches 310 degrees. Stir in pecans and butter. Although peanut brittle may be the most common variety you can also use other whole nuts such as cashews hazelnuts almonds or pecans as well as toasted pumpkin seeds.
Put 2 tablespoons of butter 2 teaspoons of salt and 2 teaspoons of baking soda in a small bowl. Cook over medium heat stirring frequently until sugar dissolves and mixture comes to a boil. Heat to 300 degrees f 149 degrees c or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard brittle threads about 13 minutes.