Peanut Brittle - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. white sugar
1 c. Karo white syrup
1 c. boiling water
1 lb. raw Spanish peanuts
1 tsp. soda

Preparation

Boil sugar, syrup and water until it strings (dip spoon in mixture, let drip, cook until it make a thread-like string).
Add peanuts and boil until peanuts turn in color (295\u00b0 on candy thermometer).
Remove from heat and add soda, mixing well and quickly.
Mixture will be foamy.
Immediately spread as thin as possible onto large buttered cookie sheet or greased marble slab. After cooled, break up into pieces.
Store in covered container. Makes 36 servings.