Love this recipe! Courtesy of Dani.
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Ingredients:
- Two cups of sugar
- 1 to 2 tbsp baking powder [edited to add: next time I'm going to try 2 teaspoonsful]
- 1 3/4 cups salted peanuts or mixed nuts
That's about 1/3 of this container:
Instructions:
- Coat the nuts with the baking powder.
- Melt the sugar over medium heat in a big, heavy-duty saucepan. Sugar will first clump then liquefy. Stir frequently using a metal spoon.
a) Sugar is starting to clump:
b) Clumping continues:
c) Very clumpy:
d) Starting to liquify:
e) Less solid, more liquid:
f) Almost done, don't let it burn:
- When the sugar is liquefied, stir in the nuts. Stir until all nuts are coated.
- Turn out onto a parchment paper covered pan and spread until brittle is approx 2 cm thick. Cool for 15 minutes or more, then break into large chunks and enjoy!
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Notes:
- the observant of you will notice that the photo for step 2c) showed a plastic spoon and 2d) shows a photo with a metal spoon
- note to the wise, if it's hot enough to melt sugar, it's hot enough to melt a plastic spoon!
(Yes, this means that we had to dump the first batch and clean out the pot before we could start again with a metal spoon!)
