Monday, September 6, 2010

Peanut Brittle :)

Got free time? Why not make some Peanut Brittle. It only takes 30 short minutes and you'll have yourself some yummy Peanut Brittle to snack on :)
Here we go-

Equipments and Ingredients needed:

A microwave

Ingredients:
-1 1/2 cups of regular Unsalted Peanuts
-1/2 cup of Corn Syrup
-1 cup of White Sugar
-1 tbsp of Butter
-1 tsp of Vanilla Essence
-1 tsp of Baking Soda
-a pinch of Salt


Equipments:
-a Baking Tray
-Measuring Spoons
-Measuring Cups
-a Spatula
-a bowl(preferably glass!)


Step 1: Grease Baking Tray.
Step 2: Combine Peanuts, Sugar, Salt and Corn Syrup in the bowl and Mix.



Step 3: Pop the bowl in the Microwave on High for 5 minutes.


Step 4: [Caution: Hot!] Take bowl out of Microwave and add in Butter and Vanilla Essence. Mix.


Step 5: Pop the Bowl back into the Microwave on High for 1 1/2 minutes.


Step 6: [Caution: Very Hot! :)] Take bowl out of Microwave. The mixture should be bubbling like this:


Step 7: Add in Baking Soda and Mix. The mixture will start to foam. Once mixed, QUICKLY pour mixture onto the Greased Baking Tray. This step need to be done quickly as the sugar will start to Set.


Step 8: Leave to stand for 45 minutes - 1 hour


Step 9: Separate Peanut Brittle from the Baking Tray and break the Brittle into smaller pieces.


Step 10: Pick up a piece of Peanut Brittle and crunch away. Be sure to keep the extra pieces in a Zip Lock Bag or a Tight Container to ensure freshness and non-stickiness :)

There you go! 10 simple steps to getting some Yummy Peanut Brittle.

Have a good day!

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