MAGIC PEANUT BRITTLE MARDI GRAS STYLE

1/2 cup Gold Label Brer Rabbit Molasses
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup butter
1/8 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 cups peanuts

Combine molasses, sugar, brown sugar, water and butter in heavy skillet. Cook, stirring occasionally, to 270 degrees F. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, to 300 degrees F (until small quantity dropped in cold water forms brittle ball).

Remove from heat. Stir in remaining ingredients. Pour onto greased baking sheet. Stretch thin. Cool; break into nieces.

Makes about 1 pound
From: Recipelink.com
Adapted from source: Brer Rabbit Book of Molasses Magic, First Printing, October 1956, Penick & Ford, Ltd., Inc.