Info
- Course: Dessert, Snack
- Skill Level: Easy
- Cost: Inexpensive
- Favorited: 12 Times
Can be made ahead of time.
The World’s #1 Collection of Cookbook Recipes Online
Peanut Brittle
Cookbook
The recipe for this treat, which works well in a microwave oven, first appeared in my book Microwave Gourmet. The microwave is a miracle with sugar.
Yield : Makes 1½ pounds
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup light corn syrup
- 1½ cups blanched or unblanched raw peanuts
- Vegetable oil for baking sheet
Directions
Combine the sugar, corn syrup and ½ cup water in an 2-quart glass measure. Cook, uncovered, at 100% for 3 minutes.
Remove from the oven and stir thoroughly. Add the peanuts; stir again. Cover tightly with microwave plastic wrap. Cook at 100% for 15 minutes.
Lightly coat a spatula and a large baking sheet or a 16 × 12-inch marble slab with vegetable oil. Remove the syrup from the oven. Pierce the plastic to release the steam and uncover carefully. Pour the mixture onto the oiled surface. With the oiled spatula, spread the peanuts to distribute them evenly through the cooling syrup. Let cool and harden.
When the brittle is cool, break into chunks with a wooden mallet or rolling pin. Store in an airtight container.
© 2005 Barbara Kafka
Note from Cookstr's Editors
Nutritional information is based on 16 servings and includes 1 teaspoon of oil for the baking sheet.
Nutritional Information
Nutrients per serving
159 kcal
1 % daily value
0 % daily value
0 % daily value
97 mg
23 mg
4 g
16 g
1 g
23 g
0 mg
9 mg
1 g
7 g
4 % daily value
