Originally Posted by glorcour;7p16108
It is easy but you must be organized and fast. I have everything premeasured and ready to dump in. Put the parchment onto the cookie sheet.
In a large glass container (I use a 4 cup measuring cup - smaller is not adequate - to have a cool handle and lots of room for the boiling) put 1/2 cup of light corn syrup and 1 cup white sugar. Mix this together thoroughly
Heat on high for 4 min.
Remove and add 1 cup salted redskin peanuts but cashews are good too.
Heat for an additional 3 minutes.
Add 1 tsp vanilla and 1 TABLESPOON butter and blend in (getting sticky now)
Heat for another 1 minute
Now here is where you must be really fast.
Add 1 tsp of baking soda and stir quickly and pour onto parchment paper on a cookie sheet. Spread it out as you pour. let it cool and then break into bits.
IT IS REALLY ADDICTIVE AND MAKES A GREAT GIFT FOR NEIGHBOURS, FRIENDS, CO-WORKERS. It is a favourite of ours
I have a high powered microwave and these times work for me.
Try these times for the first attempt and adjust accordingly for the next batch.
Try it
Gloria in Toronto
I used to do demos for Litton microwaves and this is the recipe we used except the butter and vanilla were added at the end with the soda being the last ingredient and not returned to the microwave. Because all MW are different also gauge time by the color. Needs to be a nice golden brown after you add the peanuts. Once you figure out your MW times can be used. Also I suggest the 8 cup Pyrex measuring cup. A handle is really essential because it gets very hot. Raw peanuts are best but I have used them right out of the planters peanut can.