Peanut Brittle - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
1 c. syrup (white Karo)
1 Tbsp. butter or margarine
3/4 tsp. salt
12 oz. raw peanuts
1 tsp. soda

Preparation

Butter a large cookie sheet.
Cook the first 4 ingredients at high temperature until boiling.
Add peanuts.
Boil until syrup begins to turn brown (about 7 minutes).
Add soda; stir only until soda dissolves.
Pour onto buttered cookie sheet.
Do not spread. Allow brittle to spread by itself.
After it cools, break into small pieces.