Recipe of the Week – Microwave Peanut Brittle
December 20, 2011 at 10:30 am Leave a comment
(From the Misc Collection at emealsforyou.com)
Peanut Brittle
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about Hazelnut Toffee and homemade Holiday gifts. I went a little overboard this year and made about 6 different candies to package in special tins to distribute to our neighbors and friends. I gave you the recipe for the toffee but neglected to provide the easy recipe for this Microwave Peanut Brittle. Weather you make the toffee or the brittle or any one of the other great and easy recipes found on our website, emealsforyou.com, the important thing is to begin a family tradition that harkens back to when homemade treats provided a sense of community.
Think beyond the typical fudge recipes. This recipe takes less than 15 minutes to make and the gift recipients will remember it long after the tin is empty.
Microwave Peanut Brittle
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 12 |
| Category: | Misc |
| Meal: | other (General) |
| 0.5 | cup | corn syrup, light |
| 1 | cup | sugar, granulated |
| 1 | cup | nuts, roasted and salted |
| 1 | Tb | butter, salted |
| 1 | tsp | vanilla |
CAUTION: This recipe is very hot and extreme caution should be used to avoid burns!
Combine the corn syrup and sugar in a 1 ½ quart microwave proof baking dish. Stir until blended. Microwave 4 minutes. Stir in the nuts, Microwave for 4 minutes until light brown. Stir in butter and vanilla. Microwave 2 minutes. Quickly pour onto a lightly greased baking sheet. Allow to cool and break into pieces and store in an air-tight container.
Makes about 1 pound.
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Entry filed under: Dessert, Misc, Snacks. Tags: candy, homemade gifts, homemade hot fudge sauce, homemade peanut brittle, homemade toffee, homemde candy, hot fudge sauce, peanuts, toffee.
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