Peanut Brittle 100 Recipe

Heat and stir sugar, syrup and water in saucepan until sugar dissolves. Add salt. Cook over medium heat to soft ball stage (234°). Add peanuts @ 250°. Cook to hard crack stage (290°) stirring often. Remove from heat. Quickly stir in butter and soda. Beat to a froth for few seconds. Pour, at once, onto a well buttered cookie sheet, spreading with spatula. If desired, cool slightly and pull with fork to stretch thin. Break up when cold. Yield 1 1/2 pounds.