Peanut Molasses Brittle

Name: Peanut Molasses Brittle
Yield: Yield: About 1¾ Pounds.
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: ½ cup molasses; 2 cups blanched, roasted peanuts; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 5½ tablespoons butter; ½ cup water; 2 cups sugar

Preparation info

Yield: About
1¾ Pounds
.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1987

About

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
½ cup molasses
½ cup

Americas
United States
Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Combine the sugar, molasses, and water in a saucepan and cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Continue cooking over low heat until the temperature of 300 degrees is reached on a candy thermometer. Or test a few drops of syrup in cold water. It should be very brittle.
Remove the saucepan from the heat. Stir in the butter and beat in the baking soda. Add the p