Volume 12 , Issue 51

Col. Kirkbride's Peanut Brittle

For this week I thought I would look up my cousin, Stan Paris' variation of Col. Kirkbride's Peanut Brittle that he made every year for people around the northwest parts of Oklahoma way back when. You can also find this Peanut Brittle recipe in MyCookbook menu at the top of the page, listed under Sweets."

Peanut Brittle (Sweets)

1 cup water
1 cup White Karo
2 cups sugar
2 cups Raw peanuts
2 T. butter heaping
2 tsp. baking soda heaping
1/2 tsp. salt heaping

Mix Butter, Baking Soda & Salt into a ball and set aside. Mix Karo in hot water and add to sugar in pan. Cook over high heat until boiling. Add peanuts and cook to hard crack 295 Degrees. Quickly, BUT Thoroughly, stir in butter & soda mixture. The ORIGINAL Recipe did not call for heaping portions, but Stan Paris thought it enhances the flavor. Spread thinly, evenly on 14-1/4 inch x 17 1/4 inch buttered pan or aluminum foil. We put in more peanuts in our version.

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