Taffy-Nut Crunch - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
1 c. light corn syrup
1 c. water
1 (13 oz.) can salted mixed nuts
2 Tbsp. butter
2 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp. baking soda

Preparation

Mix sugar, corn syrup and water in 3-quart heavy saucepan. Cover and heat to boiling.
Uncover and cook rapidly to 236\u00b0 on candy thermometer, or soft ball stage.
Stir in nuts slowly, keeping mixture bubbling all the time, then cook rapidly, stirring constantly, to 280\u00b0 or hard ball stage.
Stir in butter; continue cooking to 300\u00b0, or hard crack.
Remove from heat.
Stir in vanilla; sprinkle soda over top quickly, then stir vigorously about 15 seconds, or until mixture is puffy. Pour into buttered jelly-roll pan, 15 x 10 x 1-inch.
Cool completely.
Break into bite-size pieces.
Store in a container with tight fitting lid. Produces approximately 2 1/4 pounds of candy.