Peanut Brittle
Mom's Best Peanut Brittle
-By Amanda
"This is a wonderful peanut brittle that is easy to make and wows everyone! Have all the ingredients for this recipe measured out and ready. This recipe requires that you react quickly. You do not have time to measure ingredients in between steps."
Rating: 5 Stars
Prep Time: 10 Min
Cook Time: 15 Min
Ready In: 55 Min
Yield 1 pound
Ingredients
* 1 cup white sugar
* 1/2 cup light corn syrup
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 cup water
* 1 cup peanuts
* 2 tablespoons butter, softened
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
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.
3. 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.
4. Remove from heat; immediately stir in butter and baking soda; pour at once onto cookie sheet.
5. With 2 forks, lift and pull peanut mixture into rectangle about 14x12 inches.
6. Cool. Snap candy into pieces.
Nutritional Information
Amount Per Serving Calories: 143 | Total Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 4mg
-Chef-lifted From: http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/moms-best-peanut-brittle/Detail.aspx
Sunflower Sandwich Snackers
These whimsical sunflowers are always a huge hit! What my kids don’t know is that each flower contains Vegetables, Dairy, Whole Grain AND a complete serving of Fruit. They’re SO easy and I get bonus points w/ the kids for serving “fun food”. :)
makes 1
Ingredients:1/4 c. California raisins
2 T. reduced fat cream cheese
1 slice Orowheat sandwich thin (or other brand)
1 ounce sliced cheese
1/3 of a medium green pepper
Directions: Slice cheese into triangles. The best way is to slice it in half one way, then in half the other.
Then, slice each square into triangles (see below)
Place sandwich thin on plate and spread with cream cheese. Sprinkle raisins on top and set on plate. Slice green pepper into strips. Spread on plate too look like a flower "stem" and "grass". Arrange cheese trianges around sandwich thin and serve.
Chef-Lifted From Gormet Mom On The Go:
You're not as cool as me until you've burned your supper TWICE....
...in one day I might add. Thats right. I did it. I was so busy synchronizing my blogs with facebook that I burned my supper twice.
1st Reaction : "IDOT!!!!"
2nd Reaction: LMAO!
3rd Reaction: "I rule the universe today!"
Anyone who disagrees will burn their food 3 times. When U do, plz post a comment below to rant about what an evil witch I am... I can't care about it because I'm a shark but go ahead and waste your own time.