Cashew Chocolate Brittle

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon water
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 3 tablespoons stick butter
• 1 lb cashews
• 5 ounces bakers chocolate

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 200 degrees.
• 2 grease 2 cookie sheets with butter and keep warm in oven.
• 3 grease a spatula with butter and set aside.
• 4 mix baking soda, 1 teaspoons water and the vanilla and set aside.
• 5 mix sugar, 1 cup water and the corn syrup in 3- quart saucepan.
• 6 cook over medium heat stirring occasionally to 240 degrees on candy thermometer or until small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from water.
• 7 stir in butter and cashews.
• 8 cook, stirring constantly to 300 degrees or until small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water separates into hard, brittle threads.
• 9 immediately remove from heat.
• 10 quickly stir in baking soda mixture until light and foamy.
• 11 pour half of the candy mixture onto each cookie sheet and quickly spread with buttered spatula about 1/4 inch thick.
• 12 cool completely, at least 1 hours.
• 13 melt chocolate in a double boiler until smooth.
• 14 drizzle chocolate lightly over cashew brittle.
• 15 cool for an additional 30 minutes.
• 16 break apart into pieces and store in a covered container.