Jan'S Peanut Brittle - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
1/4 c. water
1/2 c. white Karo
5 Tbsp. margarine
2 c. raw peanuts
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Cook over medium heat sugar, water, Karo, margarine and peanuts, stirring most
of\tthe time until temperature reaches hard crack stage (310\u00b0).
Stir constantly from about hard ball stage on.
Mixture gets
thick and brown.
Will scorch easily. You may need
to
try
different temperatures because altitude will make a difference.\t(You
may
need to cook beyond 310\u00b0.) Remove from heat.\tAdd soda and vanilla.
Stir well.
(Mixture will turn olive drab\tgreen.)
Pour
out
onto buttered cookie sheet.
Let set about 1 hour before breaking apart.
Best left uncovered when possible;
gets sticky in a container.