Peanut Brittle

Ingredients

• 1 cup  sugar
• 1/2 cup  light corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon  butter
• 1 teaspoon  vanilla
• 1 teaspoon  baking soda
• notes
• 1 cup  skinned salted peanuts

Instructions

1. Combine sugar and corn syrup in a microwave safe bowl. Cook on HIGH for 8 minutes, stirring once half way through heating.
2. Stir in butter and vanilla. The syrup will turn golden.
3. Cook on HIGH for 2 more minutes. Remove from heat and thoroughly stir in baking soda (the syrup will foam). Stir in nuts.
4. Pour into buttered jelly-roll pan. Use a buttered metal spoon to press and stretch the candy thin.
5. Once cold, blot with paper towels and break into irregular pieces. Store in an air-tight container.