Peanut Brittle Recipe America S Test Kitchen
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Peanut brittle recipe america s test kitchen. Combine sugar syrup and water in a pan. This sweet and salty peanut brittle has the perfect crunch and sheen. Around our house holiday season isn t complete without several batches.
Directions line three 15x10x1 in. It s one of those recipes where the ingredients become way greater than the sum of their parts. Add butter and baking soda.
Tina ujlaki adapted this crunchy buttery slightly salty brittle from a recipe by pastry chef karen demasco of new york city s craft. If you like making handmade holiday gifts to share with friends here s an idea that always gets rave reviews it s peanut brittle. Who would think that sugar syrup and peanuts could be transformed into something so divine.
With a little patience you ll have a delicious brittle to serve to party guests or as an edible gift around the. When her children were younger tina would make it as a. Using a pastry brush dipped in water wash down the sides.
I fired up a copper kettle added the sugars syrups grandpa use cane sugar syrup i prefer corn syrup and butter just plain honest ingredients and turned it into a steaming caldron of molten goo. The cryptic hand written code turned out to be grandpa s secret peanut brittle recipe. Add peanuts and salt cook to hard crack stage stirring constantly.
Pour onto buttered cookie sheet. Bring to a boil stirring constantly to dissolve sugar. Be sure to check out the video in the recipe box to see me demonstrate how it s done.