Microwave Peanut Brittle

 Ingredients:

1 cup sugar

1 cup raw peanuts

½ cup light karo syrup

1 tablespoon margarine or butter

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon baking soda

Method:

Add sugar, raw peanuts, and karo syrup to a microwave safe bowl (preferably glass). Microwave for 2 ½ minutes, stir, and return to microwave for 2 ½ more minutes. Stir, and microwave for 2 ½ minutes more (so a total of 7 ½ minutes). Add in the margarine or butter, stir until melted. Return to the microwave for an additional 2-3 minutes or until candy is nicely golden. Add in the vanilla and baking soda, stir very fast. Pour hot candy out onto a greased cookie sheet using a greased rubber spatula spread candy into an even layer. Let candy cool and harden. Break into pieces. Enjoy!

Tip: Candy is extremely hot and the bowl will be too, use hot pads when removing the bowl to stir and also to pour out the candy. When pouring out the candy, and spreading evenly work fast because it will harden pretty fast. Also the candy won’t fill the cookie sheet so don’t try to make it. Use a hot pad to transfer the baking sheet once candy is on it, it too will get very hot. When we make it we place the cookie sheet outside in the snow (or cold cement if there isn’t any snow) to cool faster.