Post by styxgirl on Nov 30, 2016 14:37:43 GMT
Every year my SIL and I make candy for Christmas. We have a recipe for Peanut Brittle that is really good, but the other day I had some that was just AMAZING!
It was very crispy and the color was almost yellow instead of light brown. It was SOOO good, I ate the whole little bag!
I'm wondering if we need more baking soda, but I don't want it to tastes like baking soda! LOL
Do you make peanut brittle like this?
Below is our recipe for Peanut Brittle and I love it but I'm looking for the CRISPY kind ... Any ideas?
Microwave Peanut Brittle
1 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Corn Syrup
1 cup Peanuts
1/8 teaspoon Salt
1 Tablespoon Butter
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
microwave safe glass dish
wooden spoon
cookie sheet covered in foil or sprayed with PAM
candy thermometer
Mix first 4 ingredients together in a microwave safe glass dish.
Heat on high power for 4 minutes stir with wooden spoon
Heat again on high power for 4 minutes then add butter and vanilla and stir again
Take temperature
Continue to heat on high at 1 to 2 minute intervals stirring and taking the temperature until it reaches the hard crack temp of 300 degrees F.
Stir in baking soda and quickly scrape out onto a cookie sheet to cool
Break apart into pieces
Edited because the peanut brittle comes out a light brown. :-)
It was very crispy and the color was almost yellow instead of light brown. It was SOOO good, I ate the whole little bag!
I'm wondering if we need more baking soda, but I don't want it to tastes like baking soda! LOL
Do you make peanut brittle like this?
Below is our recipe for Peanut Brittle and I love it but I'm looking for the CRISPY kind ... Any ideas?
Microwave Peanut Brittle
1 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Corn Syrup
1 cup Peanuts
1/8 teaspoon Salt
1 Tablespoon Butter
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
microwave safe glass dish
wooden spoon
cookie sheet covered in foil or sprayed with PAM
candy thermometer
Mix first 4 ingredients together in a microwave safe glass dish.
Heat on high power for 4 minutes stir with wooden spoon
Heat again on high power for 4 minutes then add butter and vanilla and stir again
Take temperature
Continue to heat on high at 1 to 2 minute intervals stirring and taking the temperature until it reaches the hard crack temp of 300 degrees F.
Stir in baking soda and quickly scrape out onto a cookie sheet to cool
Break apart into pieces
Edited because the peanut brittle comes out a light brown. :-)
It's a very light brown/yellow tint color. I've never tried making it myself because, well, I have trouble boiling water. 