Peanut Brittle - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
1 c. white Karo
1/2 c. water
1 lb. raw Spanish peanuts
1 Tbsp. butter
2 tsp. vanilla
2 generous tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt

Preparation

Cook sugar, syrup, salt and water together to hard-ball (250\u00b0) stage. Add butter and peanuts (peanuts crushed and skins blown off). Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until golden brown (300\u00b0). Remove from fire. Add vanilla, then add soda. Stir quickly until soda is thoroughly mixed. Spread on buttered cookie sheet until cool. Break into pieces.