Peanut Brittle Recipes

Grandma's Recipes For Peanut Brittle Make The Best Peanut Brittle Candy

Grandma's old-fashioned peanut brittle recipes make the most scrumptiously chewy peanut brittle candy imaginable. If you like the taste of peanuts and toffee, then you will love peanut brittle!

Years ago, our neighbor Mr. Watkins made awesome peanut brittle candy, and I used to look forward to sampling it at Christmas. Though I was very young at the time, I can recall loving it because he didn't skimp on the peanuts. When I was old enough to make my own, I always threw in a few more peanuts than the recipe called for. If you love peanuts, keep this in mind when making peanut candy.

Use these old-fashioned peanut brittle recipes to make authentic brittle candies like your great-grandparents once enjoyed.

Peanut Brittle Recipes

These old-time peanut brittle recipes are taken from Mom's old recipe scrapbook, circa 1929. They were family favorites.

Peanut Brittle
One cup brown sugar, 3/4 cup peanuts. Put shelled peanuts, chopped if desired, in a buttered pan to set in a warm place. Melt sugar, stirring constantly and with considerable pressure. I find an old-fashioned iron frying pan is best for this. When the sugar is a golden-brown liquid stir in hot peanuts very quickly. Pour into greased pan and spread thin by tilting pan. When cold, break into desired-sized pieces.

Peanut Brittle
One cup granulated sugar, one-quarter cup chopped peanuts. Heat sugar until it is melted, stirring constantly. Add chopped nuts and pour quickly on greased pan. Mark into squares when slightly cooled. Three-quarters cup peanuts in shell equal one-quarter cup meats.

Semisweet Chocolate Peanut Brittle
Combine and bring to boil 2 cups sugar, 1 cup light corn syrup, 1/2 cup water, 1 teaspoon salt; cover and boil 2 minutes; uncover and cook without stirring to 300�F hard crack stage; remove from heat; stir in quickly 6 ounces or 1 cup semisweet chocolate pieces, 2 tablespoons butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 cup salted nuts, coarsely chopped; spread thinly on greased sheet.

Molasses Peanut Candy Recipe

This traditional recipe for peanut brittle is taken from Grandma's old handwritten recipe book, circa 1912.

Grandma used this easy molasses peanut candy recipe to make treats for her children when they lived on the Alberta prairie in the late 1890s. You will love its rich, buttery taste.

1-1/2 cups molasses, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 tablespoon vinegar. Boil until brittle when tried in water. Then add butter half size of an egg and 1 quart peanuts chopped quite fine. Spread in hot buttered pans. When cold, break up in small pieces.

Almond Brittle Recipe

This extremely simple almond brittle recipe is taken from the book "Lee's Priceless Recipes" compiled by Dr. N. T. Oliver, published by Laird & Lee, Chicago, circa 1895.

You will love the taste of almond brittle, but when you come to think of it, why not try it with cashews or pistachios too?

Same as Peanut Brittle, only add the almond nuts in time to allow them to roast a little in the boiling sugar.

If you have never tasted peanut brittle candy, then you are in for a big treat. Of all the old-fashioned candies, it is one of the easiest to make and the most delicious.

Choose one of these easy peanut brittle recipes and indulge yourself with some old-time candy.

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