DAY Recipe

The brittle is a great gift on its own.

Makes about 12 to 16 pieces.

INGREDIENTS
nonstick vegetable oil spray
1cup sugar
1/4cup water1/4cup natural unsalted pistachios
DIRECTIONS
Spray baking sheet with nonstick spray. Stir sugar and water in heavy small saucepan over medium-low [...]

INGREDIENTS

1 1/4 cups raw raw peanuts
1 cup granulated sugar (Do Not use beet Sugar)
1/2 cup white Karo (with or without Vanilla)
1/2 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon vanilla (Real or Artificial)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda

DIRECTIONS

Warning - Mixture gets very hot! Use Oven Mitts and 1 quart size Pyrex measuring cups and Teflon spatulas for the mixture.
Notes: I use 3 of the 1 quart measuring cups and pre measure all the ingredients in batches of 4.

You [...]

INGREDIENTS

3 cups sugar
3 teaspoons baking soda
1/3 cup vinegar
1 piece paraffin wax
1 cup corn syrup (Light)
2/3 cup water
1 quart raw peanuts (shelled)

DIRECTIONS

Mix sugar, water, syrup, and vinegar together.
Add raw peanuts and paraffin.Boil until brown and the peanuts pop or until it is very hard when dropped into cold water (Hard ball stage).
Take the mixture from the burner and add the Baking Soda.
Stir well and Pour onto a Pre buttered Slab or Jelly [...]

INGREDIENTS

vegetable oil, for greasing cookie sheet
1/2 cup slivered almonds , toasted
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1 cup thinly sliced dried apricots
3 cups sugar
1/2 cup water

DIRECTIONS

Grease a rimmed baking sheet with vegetable oil. In a small bowl, toss together the almonds, chocolate chips, and apricots. Put them on the baking sheet, spreading them out into an even single layer across the entire baking sheet.
In a medium saucepan stir together the [...]

INGREDIENTS

2 cups sugar
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/3 cup light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
12 ounces roasted salted peanuts or cashews or pistachios , andor pecans
crushed sea salt

DIRECTIONS

In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, water, butter and corn syrup and bring to a boil.
Cook over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until the caramel is light brown and registers 300° on a candy thermometer, 10 minutes.
Remove from the heat and carefully stir in the baking soda. [...]