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Name: Peanut Brittle
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 oz Butter; 1 1/2 lb Sugar; 1 ts Baking soda; heaping; 3/4 lb Glucose; or karo; 1/2 ts Vanilla; 3/4 lb Peanuts; 3/4 pt Water

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INGREDIENTS

2 oz Butter
1 1/2 lb Sugar
1 ts Baking soda; heaping
3/4 lb Glucose; or karo
1/2 ts Vanilla
3/4 lb Peanuts
3/4 pt Water

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INSTRUCTIONS

Put sugar, glucose and water on hot fire and stire until it commences to boil. Wash down sides of kettelt. Cover until it steams well. Remove cover and cook until it cracks when dropped in cold water. Put in peanuts, butter, stir constantly. Cook until peanuts are roasted and candy becomes a golden brown. Sometimes peanuts commence to pop, which indicates they are roasted sufficiently. Use raw peanuts. When peanuts are roasted, set off fire and stir vanilla in well. Have your soda dissolved in just a little water, using only enough to cover immediately. After adding vanilla, pour in dissolved soda and stir thoroughly. As soon as it is stirred thoroughly, pour out on warm greased plate or slab. Cost of making about 34 cents. Makes 2 pounds. Source: Margaret Foster, Keene Hill Grange, Coshocton County, OH Originally published in Ohio State Grange Cook Book, 21st ed., Apr 1966. Compiled by members of the Ohio State Grange Home Economics Committee. File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub.food/mealmaster/recipes/mm-candy.zip

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Peanut Brittle

2 oz Butter
1 1/2 lb Sugar
1 ts Baking soda; heaping
3/4 lb Glucose; or karo
1/2 ts Vanilla
3/4 lb Peanuts
3/4 pt Water

Put sugar, glucose and water on hot fire and stire until it commences  to boil. Wash down sides of kettelt. Cover until it steams well.  Remove cover and cook until it cracks when dropped in cold water. Put  in peanuts, butter, stir constantly. Cook until peanuts are roasted  and candy becomes a golden brown. Sometimes peanuts commence to pop,  which indicates they are roasted sufficiently. Use raw peanuts. When  peanuts are roasted, set off fire and stir vanilla in well. Have your  soda dissolved in just a little water, using only enough to cover  immediately. After adding vanilla, pour in dissolved soda and stir  thoroughly. As soon as it is stirred thoroughly, pour out on warm  greased plate or slab. Cost of making about 34 cents. Makes 2 pounds.    Source: Margaret Foster, Keene Hill Grange, Coshocton County, OH  Originally published in Ohio State Grange Cook Book, 21st ed., Apr 1966.  Compiled by members of the Ohio State Grange Home Economics Committee.    File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub.food/mealmaster/recipes/mm-candy.zip

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Serving Size: 1 Serving (827g)
Recipe Makes: 2 Servings

Calories: 2691
Calories from Fat: 1168 (43%)

Amt Per Serving		% DV

	Total Fat 129.7g	173 %
	Saturated Fat 40.7g	204 %
	Monounsaturated Fat 53.5g
	Polyunsanturated Fat 28.2g
Cholesterol 121.9mg		38 %
Sodium 360mg		12 %
Potassium 1222mg		32 %
Total Carbohydrate 367.7g		108 %
	Dietary Fiber 14.5g	58 %
	Sugars, other 353.3g
Protein 44.4g		63 %
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Calories per serving: 2691

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