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Peanut Brittle
Kathryn Stanley
2
cups sugar
1 cup butter
1
cup light corn syrup
2 cups raw peanuts
½
cup water
1 teaspoon baking soda
In a 3-quart saucepan, heat together sugar, corn syrup, and water, stirring until sugar dissolves.
When syrup boils, blend in butter. Stir frequently after temperature reaches 230º. Add
peanuts when temperature reaches 280º. Stir constantly to hard crack stage (305º). Remove
from heat; quickly stir in soda, mixing well. Pour onto two buttered cookie sheets. Loosen
from pans when candy hardens. Break into pieces. Makes 2 ½ pounds. Note: Be sure to
have sheets buttered ahead of time and on a towel or something as this is hot! Marty's Mom
found this recipe when she came and stayed at our home this last Christmas. I never had
Peanut Brittle turn out, so she told me to give it a try. I did and IT TURNED OUT! So if it
works for me, it will work for anyone!
English Toffee
Richard Jacobson
1
1
3
cup sugar
cup butter
tablespoons water
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 (8 oz.) chocolate bar
¾ cup finely chopped pecans
Combine sugar, butter, and water in saucepan and cook to hard crack stage or 300º on candy
thermometer, stirring constantly. Add vanilla and pour into a buttered 9 x 9 pan. Place
chocolate bar on top and spread evenly when melted. Sprinkle pecans over top. Cool
thoroughly and break into pieces. ¾ cup of chopped pecans can be put on bottom of 9 x 9 pan
and hot mixture poured over them.
Glass Candy
Stacy Mueller
2
cups sugar
1 teaspoon anise, lemon, or peppermint
1
cup water
extract
¾
cup white syrup
food coloring
Grease a jelly roll pan and set aside. Boil sugar, water, and syrup to 280º or hard ball stage in a
large saucepan. Add flavoring and appropriate color food coloring, stirring in quickly. Pour
into greased pan. Spread quickly. Allow mixture to cool at room temperature--it will harden
quickly. Crack into pieces and remove from pan when hardened. Candy is clear and resembles
panes of colored glass. This could be used to make lollipops. Be sure to use a larger pan than
you think you'll need--this bubbles up and isn't something you want all over your stovetop.
(I speak from experience.) Put a towel under jelly roll pan to protect surface from heat.
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