Molasses Nut Brittle Recipe
- Prep Time: 20 Minutes
- Cook Time: 20 Minutes
- Total Time: 40 Minutes
- Yield: 15-18 Servings
Ingredients
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup Grandma’s®️ Molasses
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 cup butter
- 3 cups pecans, walnuts, or peanuts (or a mixture), toasted and cooled
- 1 tsp. Clabber Girl®️ Baking Soda
Directions
- Generously butter two (13x9x2-inch) baking pans.
- In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, molasses, and water.
- Cook the sugar mixture over medium heat, stirring, until sugar dissolves. Bring to a boil and blend in butter.
- Begin to stir frequently when syrup reaches the thread stage, about 230°
- When the temperature is 280°F or soft-crack stage, add the nuts.
- Stir constantly until hard-crack stage, or 300°F, is reached.
- Remove from heat and quickly stir in baking soda. Mix well. Pour into the prepared baking pans.
- As the brittle cools, stretch it out thinner by lifting and pulling at edges with forks.
- Loosen from the pans as soon as possible and turn the candy over.
- Break hardened candy up and store in an airtight container.
Tips
You will need a candy thermometer for this recipe
