Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup
1/4cup water
1 3/4 cups peanuts, shelled, roasted and unsalted
2 slices bacon, cooked crisp, cooled and finely diced
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons butter
pinch of Kosher salt
Directions:
Spray a baking sheet with non stick cooking spray and set aside.
In a large skillet over high heat add sugar, corn syrup and water. Stir and allow mixture to come to a full boil (approximately 4-5 minutes). Stir in nuts. Cook, stirring occasionally, until syrup becomes thick and honey colored ?you will begin to smell the nuts cooking (approximately 5 minutes). Remove from heat and stir in baking soda. Working quickly, stir in butter and bacon. Keep stirring until butter has melted. Turn brittle out onto the prepared baking sheet. Use the back of your spatula to spread mixture as thin as you would like. Sprinkle the top with Kosher salt. Allow the brittle to cool completely (approximately 20 minutes) and break by hand into large chunks. Store in air tight container.
Finally getting to making this.
Cooking crispy the bacon. (2 extra fer me)
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Crumbled small.
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Got the sugars ready to boil.
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Added the peanuts, stir to boil again then add the BS, stir again and add butter and bacon.
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Bacon sweet crunchy goodness cooling.
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If i dont show more pics it either didnt turn out brittley or i ate it all ;D
Love it. Did you dip the "two for you" in chocolate while on the sweet bacon kick?
Jim
Yum, reminds me of the bacon peanut butter they had out here when I was a little tyke.
Hey Rick...I have roasted salted peanuts...leave out the kosher salt? or with the bacon be too salty...
Quote from: La Quinta on January 07, 2012, 11:22:08 PM
Hey Rick...I have roasted salted peanuts...leave out the kosher salt? or with the bacon be too salty...
LQ
I think you will be good, I added some Bacon salt even :o
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Kool...I'm gonna try it...can you freeze it ya think?
Quote from: La Quinta on January 12, 2012, 12:08:36 AM
Kool...I'm gonna try it...can you freeze it ya think?
Mmmmmmm
I dont think it will freeze very good? the frost might break down the sugars and get sticky....ya thunk?
Well...I don't know...I keep candy in the freezer and nuts...and candy with nuts...hmmm...all sugar right? I am gonna try to freeze a couple of pieces for a day ot two and see what happens...vac seal them...not air...no ice crystals?
Looks and sounds good!!!!
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