Recipe For Grandma S Peanut Brittle
Place over medium high heat and bring to a boil.
Recipe for grandma s peanut brittle. When i was a teenager living at home my father had a cookbook that i experimented with. I have been making homemade peanut brittle for over 20 years. Continue to cook and bring it to a temperature of 250 f.
Stir until sugar is dissolved. Pour out onto the prepared cookie sheet until it is 100 cool to the touch and hard. My grandma made this peanut brittle recipe up until last year she said that at 90 it was the only thing she would ever still make that s how much my grandma loves us and peanut brittle.
The tradition of making peanut brittle in our homes is not so much a tradition anymore sadly. The homemade peanut brittle was my first attempt to use a candy thermometer. Grandma used to make it every christmas and send a big box to us.
This will cause the peanut brittle to bubble rapidly. Every christmas i look forward to making and eating peanut brittle because i have what i like to call. 1 cup of sugar 1 2 cup light corn syrup 1 4 teaspoon of salt 1 4 cup water 1 cup of salted spanish peanuts.
Add soda salt and vanilla. Add peanuts and continue to cook to 300 degrees f. When the thermometer reaches 300f turn the heat off.
Add one stick of butter and stir until well incorporated the butter is melted and the amber color becomes creamy. Combine syrup sugar and water in sauce pan. Bring slowly to 230 degrees f or until syrup spins a thread.