• Softened butter to grease an oven tray
• ¼ cup water
• 1 cup white sugar
• ½ cup light corn syrup - see tip
• 1½ cups raw peanuts
• ½ cup pecan nuts
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 Tbs butter
• 1 tsp baking soda
1. Grease the oven tray.
2. In a heavy saucepan over a medium heat, put in the water, sugar and corn syrup. Stir until the sugar has dissolved, then stir in the peanuts, pecans and salt.
3. Either set a candy thermometer and stir the mixture frequently until the temperature reaches 150°C or until a small amount dropped into cold water becomes hard and brittle threads.
4. Remove from the heat and quickly stir in the butter and baking soda.
