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Bourbon Peanut Brittle in 20 Minutes
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
minutes
Cook Time
10
minutes
minutes
Total Time
15
minutes
minutes
Servings
1
Calories
Author
Marye Audet-White
Ingredients
1 ½
cup
peanuts
1
cup
sugar
½
cup
corn syrup
½
cup
water
½
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.