Peanut Brittle - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
1 c. white corn syrup
1/2 c. water
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. raw Spanish peanuts
1 tsp. butter
2 tsp. soda (heaping)
dash of salt

Preparation

Cook sugar, corn syrup and water together to 250\u00b0 or to hard ball stage.
Add butter and peanuts; continue cooking until syrup is golden brown and quite brittle when put in cold water.
Stir constantly to keep peanuts from sticking or burning.
Remove from heat; stir in vanilla and soda.
Stir quickly until it foams up. Pour out on well oiled surface.
When it has cooled, turn over and stretch thin.