Nut Brittle

Author

NuWave

Category

Desserts

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• ½ cup water
• 1 stick unsalted butter
• ⅓ cup light corn syrup
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 12 ounces roasted or raw almonds, and/or sliced or slivered pecans
• Kosher salt for sprinkling
• Cooking spray

Directions

1. Coat Silicone Pizza Liner with cooking spray.
2. In 3-quart PerfectGreen saucepan, combine sugar, water, butter and corn syrup and bring to boil on Medium-High (375 °F).
3. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until caramel is light brown and registers 300 degrees on a candy thermometer. This should take about 10 minutes.
4. Remove pan from heat and carefully stir in baking soda. The mixture will bubble.
5. Stir in nuts, then immediately scrape brittle using silicone spatula onto Silicone Pizza Liner.
6. With back of silicone spatula, spread brittle into thin, even layer. Lightly oil spatula if it sticks.
7. Sprinkle with salt.
8. Let brittle cool completely for about 30 minutes.
9. Break brittle into large shards.