Especially when it comes to candy. This wonderful peanut brittle has a WOW factor that adds to any celebration. Give as gifts or enjoy with family and friends. This recipe is a sure-fire crowd-pleaser! Make sure you have all the ingredients measured and ready to go, as it requires you to react quickly between steps.
FATHER KNOWS BEST PEANUT BRITTLE
½ cup light corn syrup
¼ tsp. salt
¼ cup water
1 cup peanuts
2 tbsp butter, softened
1 tsp. baking soda
Candy thermometer
Grease a large cookie sheet. Set aside.
Bring sugar, corn syrup, salt, and water to a boil in a heavy 2 quart saucepan set over medium heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved.
Stir in peanuts.
Set candy thermometer in place, and continue cooking. Stir frequently until temperature reaches 300° F (150° C).
Remove heat. Immediately stir in butter and baking soda. Pour at once onto cookie sheet. With two forks, lift and pull peanut mixture into rectangle about 14x12 inches. Allow to cool.
SNAP candy into pieces and enjoy while you take a glimpse at my latest novel.
The Fairy Falls Animal Shelter is in trouble. Money trouble. It’s up to an old calico cat named Whiskey—a shelter cat who has mastered the skill of observation—to find a new human pack leader so that their home will be saved. With the help of Nobel, the leader of the shelter dogs, the animals set out to use the ancient skill of telepathy to contact any human who bothers to listen to them. Unfortunately for fifteen-year-old Meagan Walsh, she hears them, loud and clear.
Forced to live with her Aunt Izzy in the safe and quiet town of Fairy Falls, Meagan is caught stealing and is sentenced to do community hours at the animal shelter where her aunt works. Realizing Meagan can hear her, Whiskey realizes that Meagan just might have the pack leader qualities necessary to save the animals. Avoiding Whiskey and the rest of shelter animals becomes impossible for Meagan, so she finally gives in and promises to help them. Meagan, along with her newfound friends, Reid Robertson and Natalie Knight, discover that someone in Fairy Falls is not only out to destroy the shelter, but the animals as well. Can Meagan convince her aunt and co-workers that the animals are in danger? If she fails, then all the animals’ voices will be silenced forever.
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Sharon Ledwith is the author of the middle-grade/YA time travel series, THE LAST TIMEKEEPERS, and the teen psychic mystery series, MYSTERIOUS TALES FROM FAIRY FALLS. When not writing, researching, or revising, she enjoys reading, exercising, anything arcane, and an occasional dram of scotch. Sharon lives a serene, yet busy life in a southern tourist region of Ontario, Canada, with her hubby, one spoiled yellow Labrador and a moody calico cat.
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Thanks so much for spreading my sweet brittle around the world, Sloane! We love giving mini bags of brittle attached to a bottle of wine for holiday or hostess gifts! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Sharon. I'm always happy to share your books and recipes with people. That's a great idea to attach brittle to a wine bottle for hostess gifts! I'll definitely have to do it.:)
DeleteLove love love this stuff but oh, my teeth struggle with it!
ReplyDeleteSame here Vonnie! I try to break off a piece and let it melt in my mouth, but I always end up chewing it instead.
DeleteYup. Brittle is tough on the teeth, but oh so good for the soul! Cheers and thanks for stopping by Vonnie and Chris!
DeleteI remember my sister making sheet after sheet of peanut and other nut butter for Christmas gifts. Great memories.
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