MOTHER’S PEANUT BRITTLE

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups sugar 1/2 cup light corn syrup 1/2 cup boiling water 2 cups raw peanuts 1/2 stick butter or margarine 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Preparation

Combine sugar, corn syrup and water and cook over low heat until mixture spins a thread. Add peanuts. Continue to cook until peanuts begin to swell and pop and syrup turns a golden brown. Remove from heat. Beat in butter and soda. Pour onto two well-greased cookie sheets. As candy begins to cool, stretch from center. Continue to pull candy until thin. When cool, break into pieces. Store in airtight container. —Annette Shelby, Wife of U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby