New Year's Resolution

So for my New Years resolution I want to go back to what I love doing.. Cooking and especially BAKING! I adore baking. My mom had me in the kitchen at age 2 beating eggs, making cookies, frosting ect! Yesterday it started snowing a bit and it made me feel like baking so I decided to make some peanut brittle. My grandmother and mom always used to make it. It really reminds me of my parents since my mom used to make it for my dad on special occasions especially their anniversary
For my first time I was pretty proud of how it came out. It is so extremely easy to make, it will now be a tradition for me!
















I adored the color and the glossyness of the peanut brittle the way it came out. Some people say that spreading the brittle/sugar mix is difficult but I had absolutely no problem.

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup light corn syrup
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 cup peanuts
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

Directions

1. Grease a large cookie sheet. Set aside.
2. In a heavy 2 quart saucepan, over medium heat, bring to a boil sugar, corn syrup, salt, and water. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Stir in peanuts. Set candy thermometer in place, and continue cooking. Stir frequently until temperature reaches 300 degrees F (150 degrees C), or until a small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water separates into hard and brittle threads.
3. Remove from heat; immediately stir in butter and baking soda; pour at once onto cookie sheet. With 2 forks, lift and pull peanut mixture into rectangle about 14x12 inches; cool. Snap candy into pieces.