Deluxe Peanut Brittle - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. sugar
1 c. light corn syrup
1/2 c. water
1 lb. raw peanuts
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 1/2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Preparation

Combine sugar, corn syrup and water in a Dutch oven; cook over low heat to soft-crack stage (270\u00b0).
Stir in peanuts; cook to hard-crack stage (300\u00b0).
Remove from heat.
Stir in butter, soda, salt and vanilla.
Pour into 2 warm buttered 15 x 10 x 1-inch jelly roll pans and spread to edges of pan.
Cool and break into pieces. Yield:
3 pounds.