Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Candy Recipes

OLD FASHIONED PEANUT BUTTER ROLL CANDY

Steps:

• Cook sugar, Karo syrup and water without stirring, until the mixture forms a soft ball (235° F) when dropped in cold water or you have a 6-inch strand when spoon is lifted out of hot syrup.
• Have egg whites beaten; very slowly pour hot syrup into the whites while continuously beating at the same time.
• Continue beating until you can hardly turn the mixture by hand and it loses its gloss.
• Quickly spread on buttered and powdered sugar-dusted surface.
• Roll with roller carefully and spread peanut butter that has been softened by setting the jar in a pan of hot water.
• After spreading the peanut butter on the candy, roll and slice.
• The white candy can be colored green while beating for a pretty look for Christmas.

PEANUT BUTTER CANDY

Steps:

• Butter an 8x8x2 inch square pan. Set aside.
• In a 2 quart saucepan with a candy thermometer inserted, cook sugar, light corn syrup, milk, and salt, until thermometer reads 234 degrees F (112 degrees C). Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and peanut butter.
• Put peanut butter mixture in a large mixing bowl and beat until mixture begins to thicken. Pour into prepared pan. Chill until completely cooled. Cut into squares.