Paula's Nutty Brittle

Description

From Savannah's Candy Man Recipe courtesy Paula Deen, 2007

• Show: Paula's Party
• Episode: Candy Connection
• Contributed by Catsrecipes Y-Group

Ingredients

• 2½ cups sugar
• 1¼ cups light corn syrup
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon salt
• ½ cup pecans
• ½ cup cashews
• ½ cup macadamia nuts
• ½ cup almonds
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 3 teaspoons baking soda

Directions

1. In a nonstick saucepan, heat and stir sugar, corn syrup, water, and salt over medium heat until sugar has dissolved.
2. Over high heat, using a candy thermometer, cook sugar mixture to a hard crack stage (290°F).
3. Add nuts and butter and cook to 300°F stirring all the time to keep the nuts from burning.
4. Pull off heat at 300°F and stir in baking soda while beating to a froth for 30 seconds.
5. Pour at once on to 4 well buttered 15½ by 10 by 1-inch pans.
6. Spread with a spatula as thin as possible.
7. As the brittle cools you may use gloves to hand stretch the brittle which will give it a better eating quality.
8. This brittle has a great shelf life, if kept in air tight zip locks or containers, it will keep for 2 months.