Pecan Brittle
 
 
Ingredients
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 cup corn syrup
  • ½ cup water
  • 1 cup butter (cubed)
  • 2 cups roughly chopped unsalted nuts (pecans, cashews, peanuts, etc.)
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • generous pinch of sea salt
Instructions
  1. combine sugar, corn syrup and water in a large saucepan
  2. cook and stir over medium high heat until sugar dissolves
  3. continue cooking over medium high heat until syrup boils, then blend in the butter
  4. stir mixture frequently until temperature reaches 280 degrees
  5. add chopped nuts
  6. stir mixture constantly until temperature reaches 305 degrees
  7. remove saucepan from heat and stir in soda, mixing thoroughly
  8. pour into 2 parchment-lined cookie sheets, spreading as thinly as possible without tearing
  9. sprinkle with sea salt
  10. break into pieces when cooled completely
Recipe by You Have Been Served at https://www.youhavebeenserved.ca/2017/06/05/pecan-brittle/