2020 Cookie Contest Entries

Carlene’s Peanut Brittle

Ingredients:

2c. sugar
1/2c. water
1c. light corn syrup
tsp. of salt
2c. RAW peanuts
1tsp. vanilla
1 heaping tsp. baking soda

Directions:

In Heavy sauce pan, boil sugar, water and syrup. Cook to 250 on candy thermometer
Take off heat. Add salt and raw peanuts. Stir
Return to heat. Boil till golden brown and nuts smell done.
Take off heat. add vanilla and baking soda Stir. It will get foamy.
Pour out on 2 buttered cookie sheets. Cool and break into pieces


Deb Rodgers

They say never double a candy recipe, But I do make it using a 1lb bag of raw peanuts, using
3c.sugar
3/4c. water
1 1/2c. syrup
1 T. vanilla
1 T. baking soda
1 1/2t. salt


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