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Homemade Bourbon Peanut Brittle in 20 Minutes

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This sweet and salty homemade bourbon peanut brittle recipe is easy to make and it goes from measuring cup to mouth in about 20 minutes! A few simple ingredients, a heavy pan, and a candy thermometer and you’ll be eating this foolproof candy in no time.

bourbon peanut brittle is done in less than 20 minutes and it's super easy to make. SO good! --restlesschipotle.com

I may have mentioned one or a thousand times that I have a growing collection of vintage cookbooks and recipes. I pick them up whenever I see one that strikes my fancy, read that whenever I see one.

Now, to me vintage means prior to 1970. I will accept that the dishes I ate in the 1960s could maybe be called vintage but the 70’s were just a few years ago. My cookbooks range from the 1920s to the 1960s but I have family recipes that date much further back than that… A lot of the recipes that show up on this blog are those recipes that I have adapted and updated. This is from a 1940s cookbook… except the bourbon part. That’s something I did all by myself.

bourbon peanut brittle is delicate with just a hint of bourbon flavor. So easy to make, too! Restlesschipolte.com

OK. I am going to stop right here and tell you that my computer hiccuped and I’ve lost almost this entire post. I was just about finished and I lost an hour’s worth of work. I am sure that y’all would have loved the wonderful story I shared but apparently the universe wanted to keep it short and sweet. SO….

Let’s get on with it, shall we?

Let me just say that I usually won’t make candy on a humid day — it just doesn’t work out. Well, we have had a month of rain here in Dallas-Fort Worth and cloudy, humid days when it isn’t raining. Don’t get me wrong — I love the rain! My tomato plants are GINORMOUS! But it is not good for candy making. Still, I had been putting off making a batch of this homemade bourbon peanut brittle (is there any other kind?) for a month and decided to just make it and hope for the best. This recipe worked beautifully in this humid weather so I think you should be just fine no matter what the weather is at your place. I’m looking at you, Seattle.

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Bourbon Peanut Brittle in 20 Minutes

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This easy peanut brittle has just a hint of bourbon. You can make it in under a half hour -- great for gifts or to fill your own candy dish!
Course Candy
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 1
Author Marye Audet
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Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cup peanuts
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup corn syrup
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, (omit if the peanuts are very salty)
  • 2 tablespoons bourbon
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 tablespoons butter, , cut in small pieces
  • Pinch of vanilla sea salt, , optional
  • Melted milk chocolate for drizzle, , optional

Instructions

  • Cover a large cookie sheet with parchment paper. Do NOT used waxed paper.
  • Set aside.
  • Bring the sugar, corn syrup, water, and salt to a boil in a heavy saucepan, stirring constantly.
  • Once the mixture boils stop stirring and let the temperature reach 295F to 300F.
  • Add the bourbon, vanilla, butter, and peanuts and remove from heat.
  • Stir it until the butter melts and is mixed in.
  • Quickly pour out on the parchment, spreading it as thin as possible with a spatula.
  • Sprinkle with the vanilla sea salt if desired -- a little goes a long way!
  • Let cool just until you can stand to touch it and pull the candy as thin as possible.
  • Let cool completely.
  • Drizzle with melted chocolate if desired and break into pieces.
  • Store in an airtight container in a cool, dry spot.
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Marye Audet is an experienced freelance writer, editor and blogger who lives just outside of Dallas, Texas with her family. A published author, Marye believes that gathering friends and family around the table ultimately strengthens society as a whole - and there's no better way to do it than with Southern comfort food.

Comments

  8. Faith (An Edible Mosaic) says

    June 6, 2016 at 11:19 am

    We have been getting nothing but rain here lately, so I know exactly what you mean about the humidity! Love that this candy still works though…peanut brittle is one of my faves and this looks amazing!

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  9. Barbara @ Spirited Cook says

    May 22, 2015 at 10:59 am

    First of all, you crack me up. I have a vintage cookbook addiction too….I love that many of the millennials are rediscovering what seems vintage to them (The Silver Palate) but that I am STILL making. LOL. Anyway, I haven’t made peanut brittle in a long time, but this looks like something I would make in New England in the winter for Christmas or apres-ski! I’ll add it to my list of “must trys.” Thanks Marye!

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  15. Catherine says

    May 22, 2015 at 1:10 am

    Dear Marye, This could be dangerous for me because I know I would be picking at this all day until every bit of it disappeared! Your candy brittle sounds wonderful. Love the touch of bourbon in it. xo, Catherine

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