almond cranberry brittle

Ingredients

• Servings: 30
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups coarsely chopped almonds
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 35 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 15 mins


• line baking sheets with aluminum foil.
• combine sugar, corn syrup, and water in a 3-quart saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir until sugar dissolves and mixture begins to boil, 5 to 10 minutes. stir in butter; cook, stirring frequently, until mixture is thick and syrupy and a candy thermometer inserted into the center of the syrup, not touching the bottom, reads 230 degrees f (110 degrees c), 10 to 15 minutes.
• mix almonds and cranberries into the sugar mixture; cook and stir until temperature reaches soft-crack stage at 280 degrees f (138 degrees c), 10 to 15 minutes. stir constantly until mixture reaches hard-crack stage at 305 degrees f (152 degrees c), 10 to 15 minutes. remove from heat.
• quickly stir baking soda into brittle mixture until fully incorporated. pour brittle the prepared baking sheet.
• stretch candy out by lifting and pulling from the edges using forks as the candy cools. cool completely before breaking into pieces.