I have never made peanut brittle before. Honestly, I don’t love it. I like peanuts, but peanut brittle is just to hard in texture for me.
So, I wasn’t really sure how it was made. I certainly had no idea how easy it was.
The trickiest part is pouring out the sugar without burning yourself!
The sugar heats up and melts. This is a process. The sugar first becomes hard and clumpy. The key is to keep stirring. If you stop stirring, the sugar will burn. It doesn’t take long to burn.
It also doesn’t take long for the sugar to turn the caramel color.
The brittle cools quickly. I let mine rest for about an hour before I broke it apart.
Breaking it is also very easy. All you really have to do is drop it an inch or so for it to break.
And it tastes like peanut brittle. I used lightly salted peanuts. This way the brittle had a little salty taste to cut the sugar a bit.
PEANUT BRITTLE
Peanuts
2 Cups Sugar
Cover the bottom of a buttered shallow pan with peanuts. Place sugar ini a heavy iron skillet and heat, stirring constantly, until melted and is light brown in color. Pour over the nuts and let stand until hard. Break into pieces.
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