Jalapeno Peanut Brittle Recipe Foodcom Recipes

THE BEST PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil and grease with nonstick cooking spray.
• Stir together the sugar, corn syrup and 1/2 cup water in a medium saucepan fitted with a candy/deep-fry thermometer. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat, then continue to boil until it's golden brown and it reaches 340 degrees F, about 15 minutes.
• Working quickly, remove the pan from the heat and stir in the butter and baking soda until smooth (it will foam and bubble up). Stir in the peanuts until evenly distributed amongst the sugar mixture.
• Pour onto the prepared baking sheet and quickly smooth with a rubber spatula into a thin and even layer. Let harden uncovered at room temperature until cooled completely. Break into pieces and store in an airtight container.

JALAPENO PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Grease a sheet pan, and a spatula. And set aside.
• Over medium heat in a sauce pan add butter and chopped jalapeno.
• Saute until jalapeno becomes soft and tender.
• Then stir in sugar, corn syrup, and water. And bring to rolling boil.
• Then reduce the heat to medium-low. And cook till it reaches 300 degree Farenheit in candy thermameter or 'hard crack' stage(the stage when the sugar droplets turn to hard balls when dropped into a bowl of water).
• Add peanuts, baking soda.
• Whisk fast until peanuts combined with the syrup and quickly pour over the greased pan.
• Spread the mixture over 1/2 inch thickness using the spatula.
• Allow it to cool down for 20 minutes. And break into small pieces.
• Enjoy them as snack or with other desserts.

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.

JALAPENO PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• In a glass measuring cup place jalapeno and water and microwave for 5 minutes. Let stand for 15 minutes. Drain and reserve liquid and discard jalapenos.
• In a large non-stick saucepan mix sugar, jalapeno liquid and syrup, making sure to mix well. Stir over medium heat until candy thermometer reaches 240 degrees and add peanuts. Continue stirring until candy reaches 298 degrees and remove from heat and add salt, butter and baking soda, stir well.
• Pour onto a well buttered non-stick baking sheet and let cool completely, break into bite-size pieces.
• NOTE:If you use a non-stick silicone baking sheet liners you do not have to butter it and it improves the quality of the candy.

SPANISH PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• In a heavy skillet (I think an iron skillet works best).
• Combine sugar,corn syrup, and water; cook slowly, stirring till sugar dissolves, cook to soft ball stage(275).
• Add peanuts and salt;Stir and watch so that peanuts don't scorch or burn.
• (They will pop & crack you want them to brown some for best flavor.) Cook to hard crack stage(300-310).
• Add butter and SODA; stir to blend,(Mixture Will Bubble), Pour onto buttered cookie sheet or cover with release foil for easy cleanup(do not butter);Makes2 1/2 Pounds.

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.

FLUFFY PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Butter 2 large baking sheets; set aside. Butter sides of a heavy 3-quart saucepan. In saucepan combine sugar, corn syrup, butter, and 1/2 cup water. Cook and stir over medium-high heat to boiling. Clip candy thermometer to side of pan. Cook and stir over medium-low heat to 275°, soft-crack stage (about 30 minutes). Add nuts; cook and stir to 295°, hard-crack stage (15-20 minutes more). Remove saucepan from heat; remove thermometer.
• Quickly add vanilla, stir in briskly. Sprinkle baking soda over mixture, stirring constantly. Immediately pour onto prepared baking sheets. Cool; break into pieces. Store tightly covered.
• This recipe produces a "fluffy" brittle, the candy is lightly honeycombed and opaque. For a dark and clear brittle, omit the baking soda. And let me know how that works out.

PEANUT BUTTER PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• In top of double boiler, warm peanut butter over low heat.
• Butter 2 large baking sheets.
• Butter sides of a heavy 3 quart pan, combine sugar, corn syrup, and water .
• Cook and stir over medium high heat till it comes to a boil --
• Clip candy thermometer to side of pan and cook till mixture reaches 275* (about 15 minutes).
• Reduce heat to medium and add 2 tbls butter stirring just until melted.
• Add peanuts and cook and stir for 5 more minutes until candy starts to turn brown and thermometer reads 295*.
• Remove from heat and remove thermometer
• Quickly sprinkle baking soda over mixture stirring constantly.
• Stir in vanilla.gentlly stir in warmed peanut butter.till it is well combined.
• Immediately pour candy onto prepared sheets.working quickly spread as thin as possible.
• When cool, break into pieces.

BUTTERY PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Combine sugar, syrup and water in 3 quart pan.
• Cook and stir until sugar dissolves.
• When syrup boils, blend in butter.
• Stir frequently after mixture reaches syrup stage (230°).
• Add nuts when temperature reaches soft crack (280°) and stir constantly until hard crack (305°).
• Remove from heat.
• Quickly stir in baking soda, mixing thoroughly.
• Pour onto 2 large, well butter cookie sheets.
• As candy cools, stretch out thin by lifting and pulling from edges, using 2 forks.
• Loose from pans as soon as possible and turn candy over.
• Break in pieces.
• I use table knife handle.