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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 1 |
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The soft green shade of pistachios perfects a brittle almost too pretty to eat-we said almost. Ingredients:
butter-flavored cooking spray |
1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar |
3 tablespoons light corn syrup |
2 tablespoons water |
1 1/2 tablespoons white vinegar |
1/8 teaspoon salt |
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter, cut into pieces |
1 1/4 cups shelled pistachio nuts, toasted |
Directions:
1. Lightly coat a jellyroll pan or large cookie sheet with cooking spray; set aside.
2. Combine brown sugar and next 4 ingredients in a heavy 2-quart nonstick saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon. Cover and cook over medium heat 2 to 3 minutes to wash down sugar crystals from sides of pan.
3. Uncover, and attach a candy thermometer to side of pan. Cook, stirring constantly, until thermometer registers 280°. Add butter.
4. Cook, stirring constantly, until thermometer registers 300° (hard crack stage). Remove thermometer. Quickly stir in pistachios, immediately pouring mixture onto prepared pan. Quickly press nuts into a single layer within candy mixture. (Candy will not cover pan.) Cool completely; break brittle into pieces. Store in an airtight container.
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