Recipe(tried): Microwave Peanut Brittle

MICROWAVE PEANUT BRITTLE

1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
2 tablespoons water
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups Spanish peanuts
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1 teaspoon baking soda

In a 2 1/2-quart, microwave safe mixing bowl combine sugar, corn syrup, water and salt; stir well. Cook uncovered on high (100 percent power) for 5 minutes.

Stir in peanuts and cook uncovered 3 to 5 minutes until syrup reaches the hard crack stage and is lightly golden in color. (The hard crack stage is achieved when a little candy syrup dropped into ice water separates into hard, brittle threads.)

Remove from the microwave oven; stir in butter or margarine and baking soda. Pour mixture onto an oiled baking sheet, spreading to a 1/4-inch thickness.

When cool, break into pieces and store in airtight container.

Makes 1 pound.
Source: The Sugar Associaion in The Item newspaper,
of Sumter, SC, Wednesday, April 22, 1992.