Rosalynn Carter's Peanut Brittle

Ingredients

• 3 cup granulated sugar
• 1½ cup water
• 1 cup white corn syrup
• 3 cup raw peanuts
• 2 tbsp soda
• ½ stick butter
• 1 tsp vanilla

Method

1. Boil the sugar, water and syrup until it spins a thread; add the peanuts, stir continually until the syrup turns golden brown.
2. Remove from the heat; add the remaining ingredients; stir until the butter melts.
3. Pour quickly on 2 (9x12) cookie sheets with sides. As the mixture begins to harden around the edges, pull until thin.

Notes

Using 9x12 cookie sheets, approximately 216 1"x1" pieces, 29 calories each. Attributed to Rosalynn Carter, Plains, Ga. Recipe from Dennis D'Antonio.

Original card

The recipe above was transcribed from this scan of Vera’s original card.

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