Peanut Brittle

Sugar (granulated),	2 cups
Peanuts (shelled),	1 cup

For this Betsey had to have a slow fire. Mother told her to put the sugar into the iron frying-pan, and explained how it would first lump, then gradually melt, and that when it was a clear pale coffee color it was ready to pour quickly over the nuts.

Betsey had put the peanuts in a buttered pan on the back of the range so as to be ready the minute the sugar was properly melted.

Here is another candy with peanuts that Betsey liked.