Pairing Craft Beer with Valentine's Day Dishes

Peanut Brittle

Ingredients

Butter for greasing cookie sheet

1 cup light corn syrup

2 cups sugar

½ cup water

2 cups roasted peanuts

1 tablespoon butter

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

Grease 1 cookie sheet with butter and set aside. Combine the corn syrup, sugar, and water in a heavy saucepan and stir over medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Raise the heat to high and boil without stirring for about 10 minutes, or until a candy thermometer registers 260°F.

Reduce heat to medium-low and add the peanuts. Stir constantly for about 8 to 10 minutes, or until a candy thermometer registers 295°F. Keep stirring while adding the butter, baking soda, and vanilla. The mixture will foam up as you do this.

As soon as the butter, baking soda, and vanilla are mixed in, immediately pour the brittle onto the greased baking sheet and spread it as evenly and thinly as possible. It will immediately start to set up and harden. Let stand until it is cooled completely.