Mom's Best Peanut Brittle Recipe

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Mom's Best Peanut Brittle
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Ingredients:

  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 cup peanuts

Directions:

  1. Grease a large cookie sheet. Set aside.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1980.76 Kcal (8293 kJ)
Calories from fat 850.9 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 94.54g 145%
Cholesterol 61.06mg 20%
Sodium 1978.63mg 82%
Potassium 1040.34mg 22%
Total Carbs 274.65g 92%
Sugars 254.73g 1019%
Dietary Fiber 13.14g 53%
Protein 38.24g 76%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 9%
Iron 7.3mg 41%
Calcium 170.8mg 17%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 373.55 Kcal (1564 kJ)
Calories from fat 160.47 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 17.83g 145%
Cholesterol 11.52mg 20%
Sodium 373.15mg 82%
Potassium 196.2mg 22%
Total Carbs 51.8g 92%
Sugars 48.04g 1019%
Dietary Fiber 2.48g 53%
Protein 7.21g 76%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 9%
Iron 1.4mg 41%
Calcium 32.2mg 17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 46.7
    Points
  • 57
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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