Never-Fail Peanut Brittle - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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

Preparation

Combine sugar, corn syrup and water in a Dutch oven; cook over low heat until mixture spins a thread (230\u00b0 to 234\u00b0).
Add peanuts; cook to soft crack stage (about 290\u00b0), stirring constantly.
Remove from heat.
Add butter, soda and salt; mix well.
Spread mixture thinly onto 2 warm, buttered 15 x 10 x 1-inch jellyroll pans.
Cool and break into pieces.
Yield:
About 2 pounds.