Grandma's Recipes for Mother and Daughter

by American Molasses Company

PEANUT BRITTLE

2 tablespoons butter

1 cup sugar

½ cup GRANDMA’S MOLASSES

¾ teaspoon soda

2 cups roasted peanuts

Melt butter in a saucepan. Add sugar and molasses. Mix well. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, to 300° F. or until syrup, when dropped in very cold water, becomes brittle. Remove from heat. Stir in soda. Quickly add peanuts. Pour into 2 large, greased cooky pans. Lift edges and stretch candy as thin as possible when cool enough to handle. Break into pieces. Store in tightly closed jar or tin box.

YIELD: 1¼ pounds.