Easy No-Fail Microwave Peanut Brittle
Created by KittenCal on November 12, 2011
- Servings: 10-12
- Prep Time: 5m
- Cook Time: 8m
- Recipe #2434
Ingredients
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup corn syrup
- 1 1/2 cups dry roasted salted peanuts (use dry roasted peanuts only!)
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon maple extract or 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
How to Make
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Step 1: Combine sugar and corn syrup in a 3-quart heat-resistant plastic microsafe bowl; microwave on high for 5 minutes.
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Step 2: Stir in peanuts; microwave on high for 2-3 minutes longer, or until peanuts and syrup are lightly browned; mix in butter, vanilla and baking soda.
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Step 3: Mix until light and foamy (be careful, syrup is HOT!) pour quickly onto a buttered cookie sheet, and spread to desired thickness.
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Step 4: When cool, break into pieces.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (61.4 g)
- Calories 224.6
- Total Fat - 8 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.8 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 196.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 30.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.9 g
- Sugars - 21.2 g
- Protein - 9.4 g
- Calcium - 39.5 mg
- Iron - 1.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 1.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg