This recipe comes from a very good friend of Vickie's, Becky Foulger. Vickie and Becky worked together at Qwest. Becky is a great cook and turns out awsome food. If you want a very good brittle recipe this is it.
Ingredients
6 cups pecan halves
½ cup whipping cream
½ cup light corn syrup
¼ cup water
2 cups sugar
2 sticks butter
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions
Spray a large cookie sheet or marble slab lightly with cooking spray; set aside. On another cookie sheet, spread out nuts and place in a 250 degree oven to warm while cooking the candy. In a heavy 3-4 quart pan, combine cream, syrup, water and sugar. Bring to a boil. Attach candy thermometer to pan, cook and stir over medium high heat to 300 degrees. Stir in butter, which reduces the temperature. Continue to cook and stir until temperature reaches 285 degrees. Remove pan from heat, quickly stir in baking soda, salt and vanilla. Add warmed nuts. Stir to coat all nuts. Pour onto sprayed sheet. Spread out candy with 2 forks as thin as possible. Cool. Break into pieces.
Roasted peanuts maybe used, but use only 4 cups and if peanuts are heavily salted, omit 1 teaspoon salt from recipe. Do not use raw peanuts.
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