Peanut Brittle - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. shelled raw peanuts
1 1/4 tsp. salt
1 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. syrup
1/2 c. water
1 1/2 tsp. butter
1/2 tsp. lemon extract

Preparation

Place peanuts in
a
baking
pan.
Sprinkle
them
with salt. Heat salted peanuts
at
200\u00b0 for about 3 minutes until salt lightly clings to
them.
In
a
pot
combine sugar, corn syrup and water.\tCook over low heat stirring constantly until mixture becomes very brittle.
Remove from heat.
Quickly stir in butter and lemon
extract.
Add peanuts.
Pour mixture into a shallow greased pan.
When\tcool
enough
to handle, stretch mixture to desired thickness.\tAllow
to harden and break into irregular pieces.
Yields 1 to 1 1/4 pounds.