Butterfinger Peanut Brittle Recipes

BUTTERFINGER PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• 1. Generously butter a large cookie sheet with sides.. Set aside. Place baking soda in the 2 teas. water. Set aside. In a microwave safe dish heat peanut butter until melted.(thirty second intervals-stirring after each time).
• 2. In a large saucepan combine sugar, corn syrup and 1/4 cup water. Cook over high heat to 275^ degrees on a candy thermometer. Lower heat to medium, add butter and stir till melted.
• 3. Add peanuts, cook,stirring about 5 minutes until candy starts to turn brown and reaches 300^.
• 4. Remove from heat. Stir in baking soda mixture. Add vanilla. Working quickly, fold in warm peanut butter, stirring gently.
• 5. At once pour candy mixture onto prepared cookie sheet. Spread fast and as thin as possible. When completely cool- break up into serving size pieces.

MOM'S BEST PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Grease a large cookie sheet. Set aside.
• In a heavy 2 quart saucepan, over medium heat, bring to a boil sugar, corn syrup, salt, and water. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Stir in peanuts. Set candy thermometer in place, and continue cooking. Stir frequently until temperature reaches 300 degrees F (150 degrees C), or until a small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water separates into hard and brittle threads.
• Remove from heat; immediately stir in butter and baking soda; pour at once onto cookie sheet. With 2 forks, lift and pull peanut mixture into rectangle about 14x12 inches; cool. Snap candy into pieces.

PEANUT BUTTER PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Preparations: Butter a cookie sheet;place in warm oven to keep warm-to hot. Combine the baking soda and vanilla in a small cup and set aside.(this keeps the soda from brown flaking in your syrup).
• Combine sugar,water and corn syrup in heavy saucepan.
• Bring mixture to full boil over high heat, stirring until mixture appears clear.
• Cook to hard crack stage- 290 degrees.(No thermometer? Fill a cup with cold water and drip a drop of the syrup into water. Feel the drop at the bottom of the cup -- if it's hard and brittle, it's ready!
• Meanwhile, put the measured peanut butter and peanuts in a medium size bowl and microwave on defrost or half power to warm .
• When the syrup hits 290 remove from heat and add vanilla,soda and the warmed peanut butter mixture. Combine and stir quickly.
• Working quickly, pour onto a very warm - hot buttered cookie sheet; spread with large spoons or forks.
• Cool; break into pieces.

BUTTERFINGER PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*.
• Cream together shortening, butter and peanut butter.
• Add sugars and cream well. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
• Mix flour, baking powder and salt together.
• Add to the shortening, butter and peanut butter. Add sugars and cream well.Beat in eggs and vanilla.
• Mix flour, baking powder and salt together.Add to the shortening mix and blend together well.
• Add candy to cookie dough.
• Drop cookie dough by heaping tablespoons onto lightly greased cookie sheets.
• Press down on cookies lightly with a fork.
• Bake cookies 10-12 minutes.cookies should be golden.
• Allow to set on the cookie sheet for a few minutes and then place them on a rack to cool.

EASY 3-INGREDIENT COPYCAT BUTTERFINGER®

Steps:

• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Place candy corn in a microwave-safe bowl; heat in the microwave in 20-second increments stirring each time, until melted, about 1 minute. Stir peanut butter into melted candy corn until smooth. Spread candy corn mixture onto the prepared baking sheet; freeze until mixture is hardened, about 20 minutes.
• Place chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl; heat in the microwave on 50 percent power in 20-second increments stirring each time, until melted, about 1 minute. Spread melted chocolate over candy corn mixture; return to freezer until hardened, about 20 minutes.

QUICK PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Line a baking tray with baking parchment. Melt the sugar in a medium frying pan over a medium heat for 4-5 mins until caramelised - it should be a dark amber colour. Don't stir, as this causes the sugar to crystallise - instead, tilt the pan slowly so the sugar melts evenly.
• Add the peanuts, stir with a wooden spoon, then quickly and carefully tip onto the prepared tray. Immediately sprinkle over the sea salt flakes and leave to cool until set. Will keep for several weeks in an airtight container.

PEANUT BUTTER PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Mix sugar, water and syrup in a heavy pot.
• Bring to a boil and heat to 240°F on a candy thermometer.
• Add peanuts.
• Heat to 300°F.
• Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter and vanilla.
• Stir in baking soda.
• Spread quickly onto a lightly buttered pan.
• Cool and break into pieces.

PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200°F. Butter 2 cookie sheets, 15 1/2x12 inches, and keep warm in oven. Mix baking soda, 1 teaspoon water and the vanilla; reserve.
• Mix sugar, 1 cup water and the corn syrup in 3-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, to 240°F on candy thermometer or until small amount of syrup dropped into very cold water forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from water.
• Stir in butter and peanuts. Cook, stirring constantly, to 300°F or until small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water separates into hard, brittle threads. (Watch carefully so mixture does not burn.) Immediately remove from heat. Quickly stir in baking soda mixture until light and foamy.
• Pour half the candy mixture onto each cookie sheet; quickly spread about 1/4 inch thick. Cool completely, at least 1 hour. Break into pieces. Store in covered container.