Curt's Peanut Brittle. Curt's Peanut Brittle

You can cook Curt's Peanut Brittle using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Curt's Peanut Brittle
  1. You need 1 1/2 cup of sugar.
  2. It’s 1 cup of water.
  3. Prepare 1 cup of karo.
  4. It’s 1/4 cup of margarine.
  5. You need 1 lb of raw spanish peanuts.
  6. You need 1 tsp of water.
  7. It’s 1 tsp of vanilla.
  8. Prepare 2 tsp of baking soda.
Curt's Peanut Brittle step by step

  1. Bring first 3 ingredients to 240 degrees or until all water has boiled off..

  2. Add peanuts and margarine and cook until 275 degrees..

  3. Test it by dropping a bit into some cold water. If crunchy, it is ready..

  4. Once you get it to the crunchy state, which is around 280 degrees, add 1 tsp water, 1 tsp vanilla, and 2 tsp baking soda..

  5. Stir well and spread thin on silicone pads for best results. Otherwise, you can heat cookie sheets in oven and spread with butter, and then spread the brittle all over..

  6. Once cooled, break into pieces..