Buttery Peanut Brittle - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. granulated sugar
1 c. light corn syrup
1/2 c. water
1 c. butter
2 c. peanuts, chopped
1 tsp. soda

Preparation

Heat and stir sugar, syrup and water in 3-quart saucepan until sugar dissolves.
When syrup boils, blend in butter.
Stir often after reaches 230\u00b0.
Add nuts at 280\u00b0; stir constantly to hard crack stage (305\u00b0).
Remove from heat.
Quickly stir in soda, mixing well.
Pour onto 2 cookie sheets.
Stretch thin by lifting and pulling from edges with forks.
Loosen from pans as soon as possible.
Break up.
Makes 2 1/2 pounds.