Pecan Brittle

Name: Pecan Brittle
Yield: Yield: About 1¼ pounds.
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon baking soda; 2 cups whole or broken pecans; 1 tablespoon butter; 2 cups sugar

Preparation info

Yield: About
1¼ pounds
.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1987

About

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon butter
½ teaspoon <

Americas
United States
Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Lightly oil the surface of a jelly-roll pan.
Put the sugar in a very heavy skillet and cook, stirring constantly, until the sugar turns golden brown. Continue cooking and stirring until the sugar turns amber-colored. Take care that the sugar does not burn; if it burns, it will taste bitter.
Immediately add the butter, baking soda, and pecans. When the ba