Peanut Brittle

Ingredients

1 1/3 cups water
3 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups light corn syrup
1 teaspoon salt 2 1/2 cups raw peanuts
1/4 cup Roberts Butter
1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

Preparation

Cook water, sugar, corn syrup and salt to soft ball stage (238°); add raw peanuts and butter and cook to soft crack stage (285°). Remove from heat; add an additional 1 teaspoon water, vanilla extract and baking soda. Mix well and pour onto a buttered baking sheet, quickly spreading very thin. Cool and break into pieces.

Recipe Contributed By: Mrs. H. J. Tanner Omaha, Nebraska

Yield: 2 1/2 pounds

Special note: we no longer distribute eggs or margarine, but have left the recipes as originally printed to maintain their integrity.