Peanut Butter Penuche - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups packed light brown sugar
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preparation

Butter the bottom and sides of a heavy 4-quart saucepan.
In pan, combine the sugars, milk, corn syrup and salt.
Cook and stir over medium heat until sugars dissolve and mixture begins to boil.
Reduce heat; attach candy thermometer to pan.
Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until thermometer reads 236\u00b0F.
Remove from heat; add peanut butter but do not stir it in; set pan aside.
Do not stir or move pan during cooling.
When thermometer reaches 115\u00b0F, add vanilla extract.
Beat by hand until mixture loses its gloss; pour into buttered pan.
When penuche is only slightly warm, cut into small squares.