Peanut Brittle - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. white sugar
1 c. Karo syrup
1/2 c. water
1/2 stick oleo, melted
12 oz. unsalted peanuts
3 tsp. fresh baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt

Preparation

Mix salt and soda together and set aside.
Cook first 3 ingredients to a hard ball stage.
Add peanuts, cook to a hard crack stage (350\u00b0 on a candy thermometer).
Remove from heat.
Add melted oleo and salt and soda mixture, stir quickly and pour in sheet pans.
Let cool and crack into chunks.