Peanut Brittle - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
1/2 cup water
1 1/2 tsp. butter
2 tsp. baking soda
1 cup Karo syrup
2 cups raw Spanish peanuts
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Butter a 26 - 28 inch piece heavy duty aluminum foil.
In a large sauce pan, combine sugar, syrup and water.
Bring to a boil (238 degrees) and add peanuts.
Stir until brittle stage (300 -305 degrees).
Turn off heat.
Add butter and stir.
Add vanilla and stir.
Add baking soda and stir quickly and pour onto foil --- spread very thinly.
Allow to cool and break into pieces.