The alkaline is nutralizing the acid.
Baking soda is reacting to the corn syrup
No, you cant. Salt does not have the same effect and wont make your peanut brittle rise. The baking soda is a rising agent- it should not be substituted.
You can add a bit of baking soda. The high temperatures cause the baking soda to release carbon dioxide bubbles and create a lighter brittle that snaps easily
There are normally six main ingredients found in peanut brittle. These are peanuts, butter, white sugar, corn syrup, baking soda, salt and water. This list is not exclusive, and some people may use other ingredients too.
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I "saved" a batch of microwave peanut brittle that never got hard. I scraped it into a pan and melted it back down and boiled until the hard candy stage (by candy thermometer or dropping some in water - it should turn brittle and hard). When it was at the hard candy stage, I took it off the burner, stirred in some baking soda and spread it in the greased baking sheet to cool. It brittled up just right!
Toffee brittle.
CABONATION
There was foam coming from his mouth.I like foam on my coffee.Is that shaving foam behind your ear?
= Mom's Best Peanut Brittle = * 1 cup white sugar * 1/2 cup light corn syrup * 1/4 teaspoon salt * 1/4 cup water * 1 cup peanuts * 2 tablespoons butter, softened * 1 teaspoon baking soda*# Grease a large cookie sheet. Set aside.*# In a heavy 2 quart saucepan, over medium heat, bring to a boil sugar, corn syrup, salt, and water. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Stir in peanuts. Set candy thermometer in place, and continue cooking. Stir frequently until temperature reaches 300 degrees F (150 degrees C), or until a small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water separates into hard and brittle threads.*# Remove from heat; immediately stir in butter or margarine and baking soda; pour at once onto cookie sheet. With 2 forks, lift and pull peanut mixture into rectangle about 14x12 inches; cool. Snap candy into pieces. == ==== == = = == == === ===
1st of all use real peanut butter it tastes better 2nd use twice as much baking powder as you would soda
B/c its carbonated water & soda together
because of the caffiene and the fizz