Buttery black walnut brittle
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Sugar |
| ½ | cup | Corn syrup |
| ¼ | cup | Water |
| ½ | cup | Butter -- no substitutes |
| 1½ | cup | Black walnuts |
| ½ | teaspoon | Baking soda |
Directions
In a saucepan, cook sugar, corn syrup and water until sugar dissolves and mixture comes to a boil. Add butter; cook until mixture reaches 280 deg. on a candy thermometer. Stir in walnuts; cook until 300 deg.
(hard crack stage). Remove from the heat and stir in baking soda.
Spread immediately into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan.
When cool, break into pieces. Yield: 1-¼ pounds Recipe By : Taste of Home