Old Fashioned Peanut Brittle - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
1/2 c. light corn syrup
1/4 c. water
1 c. Planters cocktail peanuts
2 Tbsp. margarine
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. baking soda

Preparation

Cook and stir sugar, corn syrup and water in heavy bottomed 2-quart saucepan over high heat until sugar dissolves. Cook, without stirring, until mixture reaches 300\u00b0 (hard-crack stage), about 5 minutes. Stir in peanuts, margarine, vanilla and baking soda. Quickly spread in thin layer on greased baking sheet; cool. Break into pieces; store in airtight container for up to 2 weeks. Makes 1 pound.