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Microwave Peanut Brittle

Name: Microwave Peanut Brittle
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 17 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 cup sugar; 1/2 cup light corn syrup; 1 cup salted peanuts; 1 tablespoon butter; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 teaspoons baking soda

Microwave Peanut Brittle is fabulously easy to make. It has a crunchy texture, plenty of sweet and salty flavor, and lots of peanuts.

Prep10 min
Cook7 min
Total17 min
Serves10

Microwave Peanut Brittle is fabulously easy to make. It has a crunchy texture, plenty of sweet and salty flavor, and lots of peanuts. No one will even guess you made it in the microwave. Perfect for holiday gift giving!

Microwave Peanut Brittle Recipe

Making Peanut Brittle can be a little intimidating. Usually there’s a candy thermometer involved along with standing over a hot stove. It can feel more like a science experiment than a cooking recipe.

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Microwaves vary so it might take a couple of times to get the timing just right. But once you know the perfect time for your microwave, you are set.

Not only is no candy thermometer needed, it is ready to pour on the cookie sheet in less than 10 minutes. Then you just need to wait for it to cool before you break it into those fabulously crunchy pieces.

Make It Spicy

You can try adding just a pinch of cayenne to the mixture before you spread it in the cookie sheet if you want a little heat in your Microwave Peanut Brittle.

How To Store

Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a month. Be sure to keep in a cool, dry place.

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Ingredients

Equipment Parchment Paper, Rimmed Baking Sheet

Steps

1
Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper.
2
Add sugar and corn syrup to a medium glass microwave-safe bowl. Stir together.
3
Microwave for 3 1/2 minutes at 100% power.
4
Stir in peanuts and microwave for 3 minutes.
5
Stir in butter and vanilla and microwave 1 minute.
6
Stir in baking soda and quickly pour out onto prepared cookie sheet.
7
Tilt cookie sheet to get mixture to spread out. Note: It helps if the cookie sheet is warm. You can place it in a warm oven while you are microwaving the brittle.
8
Let cool and then break into pieces.