Peanut Brittle

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Peanut Brittle a try. This recipe makes 4 servings with 1068 calories, 20g of protein, and 52g of fat each. For $1.07 per serving, this recipe covers 21% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Only a few people made this recipe, and 3 would say it hit the spot. This recipe from Foodista requires butter, peanuts, sugar, and salt. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and lacto ovo vegetarian diet. Overall, this recipe earns a rather bad spoonacular score of 21%. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Peanut Brittle Cookie Bars with Peanut Butter Icing, Peanut Brittle, and Peanut Brittle.

Servings: 4

Preparation duration: -1 minutes

Cooking duration: -1 minutes

 

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons butter

1/8 teaspoon soda

1 cup shredded coconut

1/2 cup light corn syrup

2 cups peanuts

1/8 teaspoon salt

2 cups sugar

1/2 cup water

Equipment:

candy thermometer

sauce pan

baking sheet

Cooking instruction summary:

  1. Pour sugar, corn syrup and water into saucepan. Cook, stirring only until sugar is dissolved. Continue cooking until sugar begins to turn light brown (300 degrees) by candy thermometer. Remove from heat. Add salt, soda, butter and stir as little as possible, only to mix well. Stir in peanuts and coconut.Spread on a greased sheet of waxed paper set on top of a baking sheet and let the mixture cool and harden.

 

Step by step:


1. Pour sugar, corn syrup and water into saucepan. Cook, stirring only until sugar is dissolved. Continue cooking until sugar begins to turn light brown (300 degrees) by candy thermometer.

2. Remove from heat.

3. Add salt, soda, butter and stir as little as possible, only to mix well. Stir in peanuts and coconut.

4. Spread on a greased sheet of waxed paper set on top of a baking sheet and let the mixture cool and harden.


Nutrition Information:

Quickview
1067 Calories
19g Protein
51g Total Fat
146g Carbs
9% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
1067k
53%

Fat
51g
80%

  Saturated Fat
16g
106%

Carbohydrates
146g
49%

  Sugar
133g
149%

Cholesterol
22mg
8%

Sodium
189mg
8%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
19g
40%

Manganese
2mg
112%

Vitamin B3
11mg
59%

Folate
180µg
45%

Copper
0.76mg
38%

Magnesium
144mg
36%

Vitamin B1
0.53mg
35%

Fiber
8g
35%

Phosphorus
308mg
31%

Iron
3mg
19%

Potassium
619mg
18%

Vitamin B5
1mg
14%

Vitamin B6
0.27mg
13%

Zinc
1mg
13%

Selenium
8µg
12%

Calcium
90mg
9%

Vitamin B2
0.13mg
7%

Vitamin A
262IU
5%

Vitamin E
0.29mg
2%

covered percent of daily need
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