Buttery Peanut Brittle

Directions

1. 1
   Heat and stir sugar, syrup and water in 3-quart saucepan until sugar dissolves.
2. 2
   When syrup boils, blend in butter.
3. 3
   Stir often after reaches 230°.
4. 4
   Add nuts at 280°; stir constantly to hard crack stage (305°).
5. 5
   Remove from heat.
6. 6
   Quickly stir in soda, mixing well.
7. 7
   Pour onto 2 cookie sheets.
8. 8
   Stretch thin by lifting and pulling from edges with forks.
9. 9
   Loosen from pans as soon as possible.
10. 10
    Break up.
11. 11
    Makes 2 1/2 pounds.