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Gallery Peanut Brittle Credit: Ellie Miller Recipe Summary prep: 5 mins total: 35 mins Servings: 4
Ingredients Ingredient Checklist Unsalted butter, softened, for baking sheet 2 cups sugar Pinch of salt 1 1/2 cups salted peanuts, 7 ounces Vegetable oil, for spatula
Cook’s Notes Use a medium-size saucepan (wider rather than taller) that does not have a nonstick coating.
Gallery Peanut Brittle Credit: Ellie Miller
Recipe Summary prep: 5 mins total: 35 mins Servings: 4
Gallery
Peanut Brittle Credit: Ellie Miller
Peanut Brittle
Credit: Ellie Miller
Peanut Brittle
Recipe Summary prep: 5 mins total: 35 mins Servings: 4
Recipe Summary
prep: 5 mins total: 35 mins
Servings: 4
prep: 5 mins
total: 35 mins
prep:
5 mins
total:
35 mins
Servings: 4
4
Ingredients
Ingredients
- Unsalted butter, softened, for baking sheet 2 cups sugar Pinch of salt 1 1/2 cups salted peanuts, 7 ounces Vegetable oil, for spatula
Directions
Butter a rimmed baking sheet; set aside. Stir together sugar, 1/2 cup water, and the salt in a medium saucepan. Cook over high heat, without stirring, until sugar begins to melt and turn golden, about 3 minutes. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until sugar has melted and mixture turns golden amber, about 10 minutes.
Remove pan from heat. Stir in peanuts. Immediately pour peanut mixture onto buttered baking sheet. Quickly spread mixture to 1/2 inch thick using an oiled metal spatula. Let cool completely, about 15 minutes. Break brittle into pieces. Brittle can be stored in an airtight container, up to 2 weeks.
Cook’s Notes Use a medium-size saucepan (wider rather than taller) that does not have a nonstick coating.
Cook’s Notes
Use a medium-size saucepan (wider rather than taller) that does not have a nonstick coating.
Reviews (19)
Add Rating & Review 275 Ratings 5 star values: 58 4 star values: 67 3 star values: 80 2 star values: 48 1 star values: 22
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Add Rating & Review 275 Ratings 5 star values: 58 4 star values: 67 3 star values: 80 2 star values: 48 1 star values: 22
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275 Ratings 5 star values: 58 4 star values: 67 3 star values: 80 2 star values: 48 1 star values: 22
275 Ratings 5 star values: 58 4 star values: 67 3 star values: 80 2 star values: 48 1 star values: 22
275 Ratings 5 star values: 58 4 star values: 67 3 star values: 80 2 star values: 48 1 star values: 22
5 star values: 58 4 star values: 67 3 star values: 80 2 star values: 48 1 star values: 22
Martha Stewart Member Rating: 5.0 stars 12/23/2019 This was the closest thing to my granma's recipe that I could find. Making this took me back to days when I was standing on a chair next to her at the stove making peanut brittle. Great recipe! I used a cast iron skillet (just like my granma used) to make it and it didn't take the full 10 minutes for the mixture to turn amber. Absolute perfection 💜 Martha Stewart Member Rating: 5.0 stars 12/20/2019 LOVED this recipe! I had my sugar contents at an 8/10 to ensure it didn’t burn then removed it from the heat and it worked like a charm! Definitely keeping this one 😊 Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 11/04/2019 Sweetheart it wasn't the recipe, you just burnt the [filtered] out of it. Martha Stewart Member Rating: 1 stars 08/09/2018 DO NOT cook over high heat - sugar will burn real fast. Smoked up my whole house Martha Stewart Member Rating: 1 stars 12/12/2017 It was great the first time and the second time it would not brown and just hardened like sugared peanuts. Don't know why! Martha Stewart Member Rating: 2 stars 10/06/2017 i will make this Martha Stewart Member Rating: 1 stars 07/06/2017 bad. The sugar stayed white and I had to add butter to save it. The sugar was hard as a rock but the butter saved it Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 06/22/2017 It worked out perfect but by accident I put a cup of water instead of 1/2 cup it still came out great taste good to ☺ Martha Stewart Member Rating: 1 stars 03/21/2017 This recipe is awful! I followed to to the letter and I ended up with pot full of black liquid. I had to open up all the doors to get the smoke out! This is a bad recipe. Martha Stewart Member Rating: 1 stars 06/28/2015 I made this it turned amber but it tastes like it's burnt will not make this again Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 01/14/2015 So my mixture never went amber...I did everything and after a while the sugar started to disolve and the mixture went clear and then no matter what I did or how long I left it that is how to stayed I got a couple of sugared nuts out of it but nothing like brittle. Pretty disappointed. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 12/30/2014 Hi my mixture started to crystallise around the side of the pan , what did I do wrong I ended up with a large lump of white stuff , had to soak the pan , not sure if stirring the mix helps or hinders . Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 12/04/2013 Easy to make. Once the brittle mixture starts to thicken and is amber colored work fast, add the peanuts and put into the greased cookie sheet. If you find you are not fast enough and it gets stuck in the pan, you can save your pan by soaking in water. It will dissolve the sugar mixture again. That will take time though. As easy a candy you can make without a candy thermometer as I can imagine. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 12/14/2012 Instead of putting in a greased pan, use a silicone liner to spread the brittle and you won't even have to grease it, it just simply lifts off. Wonderful! Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 12/19/2010 This is a problem: Followed all directions to the letter, and could NOT get the mixture out of the pan. Had to throw the pan and all out. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 11/16/2008 Where do you buy a little hammer like that? Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 10/01/2008 I have made this with pistachios and people just go crazy for it. I have also done almonds with almond extract and its yummy! Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 02/04/2008 ONE YEAR FOR CHRISTMAS I GAVE ALL OUR NEIGHBORS PEANUT BRITTLE, ONLY I ADDED A COUPLE DROPS OF MINT EXTRACT. IT WASN'T 10 MINUTES AND ALL THE MEN SENT THEIR WIVES OVER FOR THE RECIPE. WOW, WISH I COULD REMEMBER JUST HOW MUCH MINT I USED, WILL HAVE TO EXPERIMENT AGAIN. HOPE YOU DO, I THINK YOU WILL LIKE ITS UNIQUE TASTE.Martha Stewart Member
Rating: 5.0 stars 12/23/2019
This was the closest thing to my granma’s recipe that I could find. Making this took me back to days when I was standing on a chair next to her at the stove making peanut brittle. Great recipe! I used a cast iron skillet (just like my granma used) to make it and it didn’t take the full 10 minutes for the mixture to turn amber. Absolute perfection 💜
Rating: 5.0 stars
Rating: 5.0 stars 12/20/2019
LOVED this recipe! I had my sugar contents at an 8/10 to ensure it didn’t burn then removed it from the heat and it worked like a charm! Definitely keeping this one 😊
Rating: Unrated 11/04/2019
Sweetheart it wasn’t the recipe, you just burnt the [filtered] out of it.
Rating: Unrated
Rating: 1 stars 08/09/2018
DO NOT cook over high heat - sugar will burn real fast. Smoked up my whole house
Rating: 1 stars
Rating: 1 stars 12/12/2017
It was great the first time and the second time it would not brown and just hardened like sugared peanuts. Don’t know why!
Rating: 2 stars 10/06/2017
i will make this
Rating: 2 stars
Rating: 1 stars 07/06/2017
bad. The sugar stayed white and I had to add butter to save it. The sugar was hard as a rock but the butter saved it
Rating: Unrated 06/22/2017
It worked out perfect but by accident I put a cup of water instead of 1/2 cup it still came out great taste good to ☺
Rating: 1 stars 03/21/2017
This recipe is awful! I followed to to the letter and I ended up with pot full of black liquid. I had to open up all the doors to get the smoke out! This is a bad recipe.
Rating: 1 stars 06/28/2015
I made this it turned amber but it tastes like it’s burnt will not make this again
Rating: Unrated 01/14/2015
So my mixture never went amber…I did everything and after a while the sugar started to disolve and the mixture went clear and then no matter what I did or how long I left it that is how to stayed I got a couple of sugared nuts out of it but nothing like brittle. Pretty disappointed.
Rating: Unrated 12/30/2014
Hi my mixture started to crystallise around the side of the pan , what did I do wrong I ended up with a large lump of white stuff , had to soak the pan , not sure if stirring the mix helps or hinders .
Rating: Unrated 12/04/2013
Easy to make. Once the brittle mixture starts to thicken and is amber colored work fast, add the peanuts and put into the greased cookie sheet. If you find you are not fast enough and it gets stuck in the pan, you can save your pan by soaking in water. It will dissolve the sugar mixture again. That will take time though. As easy a candy you can make without a candy thermometer as I can imagine.
Rating: Unrated 12/14/2012
Instead of putting in a greased pan, use a silicone liner to spread the brittle and you won’t even have to grease it, it just simply lifts off. Wonderful!
Rating: Unrated 12/19/2010
This is a problem: Followed all directions to the letter, and could NOT get the mixture out of the pan. Had to throw the pan and all out.
Rating: Unrated 11/16/2008
Where do you buy a little hammer like that?
Rating: Unrated 10/01/2008
I have made this with pistachios and people just go crazy for it. I have also done almonds with almond extract and its yummy!
Rating: Unrated 02/04/2008
ONE YEAR FOR CHRISTMAS I GAVE ALL OUR NEIGHBORS PEANUT BRITTLE, ONLY I ADDED A COUPLE DROPS OF MINT EXTRACT. IT WASN’T 10 MINUTES AND ALL THE MEN SENT THEIR WIVES OVER FOR THE RECIPE. WOW, WISH I COULD REMEMBER JUST HOW MUCH MINT I USED, WILL HAVE TO EXPERIMENT AGAIN. HOPE YOU DO, I THINK YOU WILL LIKE ITS UNIQUE TASTE.
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