Nutty Brittle

Submitted by kimcroft

"I really like this in the fall when its just starting to get cold."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 3-4

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups pecans
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 cup water
• 1 1⁄4 cups light corn syrup
• 2 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 3 teaspoons baking soda

directions

1. In a nonstick saucepan, heat and stir sugar, corn syrup, water, and salt over medium heat until sugar has dissolved. Over high heat, using a candy thermometer, cook sugar mixture to a hard crack stage (290 degrees F).
2. Add nuts and butter and cook to 300 degrees F stirring all the time to keep the nuts from burning. Pull off heat at 300 degrees F and stir in baking soda while beating to froth for 30 seconds.
3. Pour at once on to 4 well buttered 15 1/2 by 10 by 1-inch pans. Spread with a spatula as thin as possible. As the brittle cools you may use gloves to hand stretch the brittle which will give it a better eating quality.
4. This brittle has a great shelf life, if kept in airtight zip locks or containers; it will keep for 2 months.