Buttery Peanut Brittle Recipe

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Buttery Peanut Brittle
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Ingredients
6
Count
Nutrition
1295
Calories
Total time
25
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 cup margarine or 1 cup butter
  • 2 cups raw peanuts

Directions:

  1. Combine sugar, syrup and water in 3 quart pan.
  2. Cook and stir until sugar dissolves.
  3. When syrup boils, blend in butter.
  4. Stir frequently after mixture reaches syrup stage (230°).
  5. Add nuts when temperature reaches soft crack (280°) and stir constantly until hard crack (305°).
  6. Remove from heat.
  7. Quickly stir in baking soda, mixing thoroughly.
  8. Pour onto 2 large, well butter cookie sheets.
  9. As candy cools, stretch out thin by lifting and pulling from edges, using 2 forks.
  10. Loose from pans as soon as possible and turn candy over.
  11. Break in pieces.
  12. I use table knife handle.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1295.47 Kcal (5424 kJ)
Calories from fat 735.64 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 81.74g 126%
Sodium 383.56mg 16%
Potassium 526.92mg 11%
Total Carbs 137.89g 46%
Sugars 127.36g 509%
Dietary Fiber 6.57g 26%
Protein 18.98g 38%
Vitamin A 0.6mg 19%
Iron 3.7mg 20%
Calcium 83.5mg 8%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 423.67 Kcal (1774 kJ)
Calories from fat 240.58 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 26.73g 126%
Sodium 125.44mg 16%
Potassium 172.32mg 11%
Total Carbs 45.1g 46%
Sugars 41.65g 509%
Dietary Fiber 2.15g 26%
Protein 6.21g 38%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 19%
Iron 1.2mg 20%
Calcium 27.3mg 8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 31.9
    Points
  • 37
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • cholesterol free

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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