lactose free peanut brittle

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 tablespoons shortening
• 2 teaspoons butter flavoring
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup raw peanuts
• 1/2 cup corn syrup
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

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


• grease a baking sheet.
• stir shortening and butter flavoring together in a bowl until well combined.
• stir sugar, peanuts, corn syrup, water, and salt together in a 2-quart saucepan. heat mixture over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until temperature reaches 300 degrees f (149 degrees c), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle threads, about 15 minutes. remove from heat.
• carefully stir baking soda and vanilla into peanut mixture until fully incorporated. stir shortening mixture into peanut mixture until dissolved.
• pour peanut mixture in a single layer prepared baking sheet; cool until hard. crack brittle into pieces.