Brittle (food)

Brittle (food)

Brittles are confections, usually very hard and brittle, made of caramel, or near-caramel sugar syrup, and nuts such as peanuts, pecans, and almonds.

Peanut brittle is one of the numerous varieties of nut brittles, which consist of flat broken pieces of hard sugar candy mixed with nuts.

A mixture of sugar and water is heated to the hard crack stage corresponding to a temperature of around 300 °F (approx. 150 °C). Peanuts are mixed with the caramelized sugar. At this point spices, leavening agents, and often peanut butter or butter are added. The hot candy is poured out onto a flat surface for cooling, traditionally a granite or marble slab. The hot candy may be troweled to uniform thickness. When the brittle cools, it is broken into pieces.

ee also

* Almond roca
* Nougat
* Praline
* Toffee
* Frankfurter Kranz
* chikki


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