Peanut Brittle With Baking Soda

This homemade peanut brittle is easy to make with this foolproof recipe for a sweet, salty, crunchy treat that wows everyone, every time! Great for gifts. Baking Soda? Baking soda is a crucial ingredient that can't be substituted in this recipe. Just as in homemade syrup or caramel corn, baking soda causes a unique chemical reaction (basically a lot of rising foam) that is crucial in creating the right texture in peanut brittle.

Recipe creator and cookbook author Kaleb Wyse of Wyse Guide shares this recipe for his Grandma Conrad's peanut brittle. It's the perfect candy for Chrismas cookie trays and holiday food gifts, made with butter, sugar, corny syrup, vanilla, peanutsand the special secret ingredient, baking soda. Key Ingredients Sugar and Corn Syrup This classic peanut brittle recipe uses corn syrup.

Its used to help keep the sugar from crystallizing and keep the brittle smooth. Baking Soda Adding baking soda to the caramel in the liquid state produces tiny air bubbles creating pockets as it cools and hardens. What Is This Recipe? (Peanut Brittle Recipe) This Peanut Brittle Recipe is a classic old-fashioned candy made with sugar, corn syrup, butter, baking soda, vanilla, and roasted peanuts to create a light, airy, shatteringly crisp brittle that breaks into beautiful golden pieces.

Shatteringly crisp peanut brittle made easy with a baking soda foam trick for perfect lightness and snapno candy thermometer needed. This classic Peanut Brittle recipe delivers a crunchy, sweet treat featuring toasted raw peanuts embedded in a buttery caramelized sugar base. The candy is expertly cooked to the hard crack stage, then flavored with vanilla and leavened with baking soda to create a light, airy texture.

Crisp, buttery peanut brittle made the old-fashioned way. Simple ingredients, a little patience, and that satisfying crack that reminds you of childhood holiday candy trays. Baking soda combines with the sugar syrup to give peanut brittle the texture it is known for.

Adding baking soda allows the peanut brittle to bubble up creating lots of air bubbles. 1 tablespoon baking soda How to Make Peanut Brittle Grease, butter, or line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.

Mix together corn syrup, sugar, and raw peanuts in a large saucepan. Cook over medium-high heat until the mixture turns honey colored. This process usually takes about 15 minutes.

Remove from heat. Add baking soda and stir ...