Eleanor's Peanut Brittle

This recipe has a long history. If you care to read it off my blog, it is HERE.

Ingredients
3 cups sugar
1 1/4 cup water
1 1/4 cup light corn syrup
3 cups raw peanuts
2 Tbsp butter
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 Tbsp baking soda
1 Tbsp water
1 tsp vanilla

Directions
- Mix sugar, water, and corn syrup in sauce pan.
- Boil until the sugar dissolves.
- Cover with lid and boil 3 minutes.
- Remove lid and continue to boil uncovered until mixture reaches 275 on candy thermometer.
- Add peanuts and butter.
- Cook 8-10 minutes more stirring constantly until caramel in color.
- Remove from heat.
- Combine salt, soda, water, and vanilla-- add to peanut mixture and stir well.
- Pour onto 2 well buttered cookie sheets spreading as thin as possible.
- Let cool and break into pieces.

Tips from a Kitchen of Reality:
- Use a GOOD candy thermometer!!