Peanut Brittle Recipe Serious Eats

Part cookie part brownie this brownie brittle is as easy to make as it is to eat.

Peanut brittle recipe serious eats. Heat over medium heat stirring until the sugar is dissolved. When the mixture reaches the hard crack stage about 300 f use a candy thermometer to measure the temperature remove the pan from the heat. Combine nuts chopped apples sugar corn syrup cinnamon ginger and cayenne in large heavy bottomed saucepan and cook over medium heat stirring with wooden mixing spoon until sugar dissolves 2 to 3 minutes.

Lee zalben appetizers and hors d oeuvres honey roasted peanuts lee zalben caramel better than snickers milkshake this extra thick milkshake has all the flavors of a classic snickers bar. More likely than not it was peanut brittle the original salty sweet confection and perhaps the first all american confection ever made. Without stirring bring syrup to a boil.

One legend has it that around 1890 a woman living in the south was making a batch of taffy in her home kitchen and a simple ingredient mix up led her to invent peanut brittle by accident. I remember my mom making a big batch when i was a kid but we lived in a rental apartment then so she didn t care much about keeping the kitchen immaculate. 1 2 teaspoon baking soda 12 ounces dry roasted peanuts unsalted.

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Last minute peanut brittle adapted from serious eats 2 c sugar 8 t unsalted butter. My first attempt entailed making peanut brittle loaded with baking soda hoping enough bubbles would aerate the structure. Add the peanuts and reduce the heat to medium stirring constantly.

Place the baking soda in a small bowl and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.