Microwave Peanut Brittle
photo by Calee
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 473.18 ml raw peanuts
- 236.59 ml sugar
- 118.29 ml light corn syrup
- 59.14 ml dark brown sugar
- 29.58 ml butter or 29.58 ml margarine
- 4.92 ml vanilla
- 7.39 ml baking soda
directions
- Combine peanuts, sugar, corn syrup, and brown sugar in a large microwave safe bowl. Mixture will be quite gummy.
- Microwave on high power for 2 minutes and then stir.
- Continue microwaving the peanut brittle a couple minutes at a time until the peanuts are a nice roasted brown color. Be sure you're looking at the peanuts themselves and not the syrup surrounding them. The time this takes will vary according to your microwave. When the syrup starts to get really hot you may want to check every minute or less to prevent it from burning.
- After the peanuts are cooked quickly stir in the butter, vanilla, and baking soda.
- Pour the candy out on to a sheet of aluminum foil and spread it as thin as you can get it.
- Let the candy cool completely before breaking it into pieces.
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Reviews
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this was pretty good and should have been really easy but maybe it is the humidity here mine had a hard time setting up then the syrup was a bit burnt tasting but still a little grainy? and really sticky? like i said the humidity could have been a factor.. i threw in a dash of red pepper and cinnamon.. the flavor was really good.. the texture and handling is what i had to give it a 4 star for.. may try again. seems easier than other recipes for sure.