Red Peanut Pattie Candy - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups sugar
2/3 cup Karo syrup, suryp
1 cup rich milk or 1 cup canned evaporated milk
3 1/2 cups raw peanuts
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 drops red food coloring

Preparation

Combine and place on heat sugar,Karo,and milk. Mix well and add the peanuts and cook slowly stirring until a small amount forms a soft ball.Remove from heat and add the butter,vanilla and food color. Beat until mixture gets creamy and pour on cookie sheet to form into patties. Can be poured into muffen tins to about 1/4 inch thick to make thick sides.
This recipe was given to me by a very dear friend Barbara Stearns. This was a family recipe , one of several she gave me. These tast just like the ones from the store if you can find them. Any peanuts will work in theis but the small white ones are what are the best to use if you can find them. Enjoy and feel free to pass this recipe on to some one else.
Evelyn
Again this recipe is from another site. So I think that the soft ball is from a candy thermometer. :).