Macadamia-coconut Brittle

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup corn syrup
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup macadamia nuts, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup coconut

Recipe

• 1 butter cookie sheet and large saucepan.
• 2 in buttered saucepan, combine sugar, corn syrup and water, mix well.
• 3 bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
• 4 cook until candy thermometer registers 275 (soft-crack stage).
• 5 add butter, vanilla and nuts; cook, stirring constantly, until thermometer registers 300 (hard-crack stage).
• 6 remove from heat.
• 7 add baking soda; mix well.
• 8 stir in coconut.
• 9 quickly pour mixture onto buttered cookie sheet; spread very thinly.
• 10 cool 30 minutes or until completely cooled.
• 11 (after 5 to 10 minutes of cooling, brittle can be stretched thinner with 2 forks.).
• 12 break into pieces.