Peanut Brittle - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. water
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 c. water
1 c. light corn syrup
3 Tbsp. butter or stick margarine
1 lb. unsalted raw Spanish peanuts (3 cups)

Preparation

Heat oven to 200\u00b0.
Grease 2 cookie sheets. 15 1/2 x 12 inches, with butter; keep warm in oven (keeping the cookie sheets warm allows the candy to be spread 1/4 inch thick without it setting up).
Grease long metal spatula with butter; set aside.