Easy Peanut Brittle

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Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups sugar
  • 1 cup light corn syrup
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 1/2 cups unroasted Spanish or Virginia peanuts
  • 1/4 t. salt
  • 1 t. butter
  • 2 t. soda

Instructions
 

  • Combine sugar, corn syrup and water; cook over low heat, stirring, until sugar dissolves.
  • Cook to soft ball stage or 236 degrees on candy thermometer, stirring constantly.
  • Add salt and peanuts; cook to hard crack stage or 295 degrees on thermometer, stirring constantly.
  • Remove from heat. Add butter and soda; stir lightly.
  • Pour evenly onto WELL greased waxed paper OR cookie sheet, cool partially, lifting around edges with knife.
  • Cool until firm; turn. Cool completely; break into pieces.