Peanut Brittle - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1 cup water
2 cups unroasted Spanish peanuts (RAW)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon butter
1 teaspoon baking soda

Preparation

In a heavy skillet (I think an iron skillet works best).
Combine sugar,corn syrup, and water; cook slowly, stirring till sugar dissolves, cook to soft ball stage(275).
Add peanuts and salt;Stir and watch so that peanuts don't scorch or burn.
(They will pop & crack you want them to brown some for best flavor.) Cook to hard crack stage(300-310).
Add butter and SODA; stir to blend,(Mixture Will Bubble), Pour onto buttered cookie sheet or cover with release foil for easy cleanup(do not butter);Makes2 1/2 Pounds.