Peanut Brittle - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
1/2 c. light corn syrup
1/4 c. water
1/4 tsp. salt
1 c. shelled raw peanuts
2 Tbsp. butter or margarine, softened
1 tsp. baking soda

Preparation

Grease a large cookie sheet.
In heavy 2-quart saucepan over medium heat, heat sugar, corn syrup, water and salt to boiling, stirring frequently until sugar is dissolved.
Stir in peanuts. Carefully set candy thermometer in place and continue to cook, stirring frequently until temperature reaches 300\u00b0 or hard crack stage (when a small amount of mixture dropped into a bowl of very cold water separates into hard and brittle threads), about 20 minutes.
Remove saucepan from heat; immediately stir in butter or margarine and baking soda.