How to Make Nut Brittle - Three Easy Recipes

Nut brittle makes a delicious snack or dessert. You can use pretty much any nuts to make it, including peanuts, walnuts, hazelnuts or hickory nuts, and there are lots of different varieties. The following three recipes show you three different ways of making this delicious candy. If you do not have strong teeth but you still have a sweet tooth, you might prefer to make something soft and easier on the jaw, such as jello recipes.

Recipe for Hazelnut Brittle

Easy Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe

The following recipe makes twenty four servings and it is conveniently made in the microwave.

What you will need:

1 cup white sugar 1 cup chopped hazelnuts 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup light corn syrup 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 tablespoon butter How to make it:

Butter a baking sheet. Mix the nuts, corn syrup, salt, and sugar together and microwave this mixture for seven and a half minutes on high, stirring it once. Add the butter and keep cooking the mixture for another two or three minutes. Stir in the baking soda and vanilla and mix well. Pour the mixture on to the buttered baking sheet and let it cook a bit. Stretch it out if you want a thinner brittle. Let it cool and then break it into pieces.

Recipe for Pecan Brittle

This brittle, which makes sixteen servings, features the unique flavor of pecans, as well as butter, sugar, corn syrup and more for a rich flavor and chewy texture.

What you will need:

2 cups white sugar 2 cups chopped pecans 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup water 1 cup light corn syrup 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon butter How to make it:

Butter a baking sheet. Add the corn syrup, sugar, salt, and water to a big, heavy skillet and bring it to a boil over a moderately high heat. Add the chopped nuts and keep cooking the mixture until the syrup starts to brown. Take the skillet off the heat and stir in the baking soda and butter. Pour it on to the buttered baking sheet and let it cool. Break it into pieces to serve.

Recipe for Walnut Brittle

You will need to use real maple syrup for the following dish. Artificial maple syrup will not taste anywhere near as good! This recipe has only five ingredients and the combination of maple syrup and walnuts is truly stunning. This makes one pound of walnut brittle.

What you will need:

1 cup butter 1 cup white sugar 1/4 cup maple syrup 2 cups toasted walnut pieces 1/4 cup water How to make it:

Stir all the ingredients except the nuts together in a heavy pot over a moderate heat until the mixture is creamy. Keep boiling it gently until a candy thermometer reads 300 degrees F. Stir in the nuts and pour the hot mixture on to an ungreased baking sheet. Use a wooden spoon to spread it out in a thin layer. Let it cool, then break it into pieces, and store it in an airtight container.

How to Make Nut Brittle - Three Easy Recipes

Nut brittle makes a great snack or dessert. If you prefer soft desserts, what about browsing some of the newest and most exciting jello recipes? You can make a simple cheesecake recipe with jello, as well as many types of mousses, layered desserts and pie recipes.

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How to Make Old Fashion Candies: Taffy, Peanut Brittle, and Mexican Pecan Candies

Homemade candy is a great way to show your loved ones how much you care. With Father's Day approaching, these recipes will help you make some candy for Dad that just might bring back some wonderful memories he will cherish! These are recipes for different types of candies so you can find one to please him. Taffy, Mexican Pecan Candy, or Hoosier Peanut Brittle, give Dad a box of candy from your kitchen.

Ms Downing's Taffy
1 cup white syrup
3 cups sugar
3/4 cup boiling water
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp vanilla

Easy Peanut

Bring syrup, sugar, water, and vinegar to a boil, add the cream of tartar. Cook to hard crack stage. Pour on greased platters. Sprinkle with vanilla. Butter hands and pull and twist when cooked enough to handle. Twist in rope lengths. Cut into 1-inch pieces with greased scissors, onto waxed paper.

MEXICAN PECAN CANDY
This recipe was used in home economics classes in Texas during the 1950s.

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
3 tbsp light corn syrup
1/2 cup evaporated milk
5 large marshmallows
2 tbsp unsalted butter
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup pecan pieces

Place the granulated and brown sugars, corn syrup, and evaporated milk in a heavy bottomed 3-quart saucepan. Stir to blend. If available, clamp a candy thermometer onto the side of the pan. Do not let it touch the bottom of the pan. Cook the mixture over medium heat until the syrup reaches 238 degrees on the thermometer, the soft ball stage. If a candy thermometer is not available, have ready a small cup filled with ice water. They syrup is ready when a few drops of the syrup dropped into the water forms a ball which flattens out when picked up the the fingers. Replace the water for each test. Remove the syrup from the heat. Stir in the marshmallows. Add the remaining ingredients, beating until almost cool. Drop by tablespoons onto waxed paper to cool and set.

HOOSIER PEANUT BRITTLE
A common old recipe among Hoosiers.

2 cups sugar
1 cup white syrup
1 pkg raw peanuts
2 tbsp butter
3/4 tsp soda
1 cup water
1/8 tsp salt

In a saucepan mix together the sugar, syrup, and water. Cook over medium heat until the mixture reaches 236 degrees or soft ball stage. Add the peanuts and salt. Cook until the mixture reaches 295 degrees or starts to harden slightly. Remove from the heat; add the butter and soda. Stir well and pour into lightly buttered shallow pans. (Tin foil pie pans work great for this.) When cooked, break into pieces.

Enjoy!

How to Make Old Fashion Candies: Taffy, Peanut Brittle, and Mexican Pecan Candies

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Peanut Brittle Pie

Peanut Brittle Pie

Ingredients:

Easy Peanut

1-pie shell Pastry 9-inch pie shell, baked

⅔-cup Brown Sugar, packed

1-tablespoon Gelatin

1-teaspoon Salt

1¾-cup Milk

2-large Egg yolks, beaten

2-tablespoons Crisco or butter

1-teaspoon Vanilla Butter & Nut Extract

2-large Egg whites

2-tablespoons Sugar

½-cup Peanut Brittle, crushed in blender

½-cup Cool Whip

Instructions:

Combine brown sugar, gelatin, and salt; add milk and egg yolks. Cook, stirring constantly over medium heat until gelatin dissolves and thickens; add butter or Crisco and vanilla butter & nut extract; cool until partially set. Beat egg whites to soft peaks; slowly beat in sugar, beating to stiff peaks. Fold into gelatin mixture; fold in peanut brittle and cool whip. Chill until mixture moulds. Place into cooled, baked pie shell and chill until firm. Serve chilled.

Serves 6 to 8

Note: Just to change this up a little I make this pie with other nuts and it's a little different but just as good. Sometimes I spoon a little cool whip on top and drizzle with caramel.

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