Buttery Cashew Brittle

This cashew brittle is made with corn syrup and sugar and butter and cashews and is a delicious alternative to peanut brittle.

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, plus more for greasing pans
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 0.5 cup water
• 3 cups cashews
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

Steps

1. Line two baking sheets with foil; generously butter the foil.
2. Butter the sides of a large saucepan. Add the sugar, corn syrup, and water. Cook over medium heat, stirring often, until the sugar dissolves.
3. When the sugar mixture begins to boil, blend in 1 cup of butter. Begin to stir more frequently when the syrup reaches the thread stage, about 230 F.
4. When the temperature reaches 280 F (or soft-crack stage), add the cashews.
5. Stir constantly until hard-crack stage, 300 F, is reached.
6. Remove the pan from the heat and quickly stir in baking soda. Mix well.
7. Pour onto the prepared baking pans. As the candy cools, stretch it out thinner by lifting and pulling at edges with forks.
8. Loosen from the pans as soon as possible and turn over. Break up hardened candy and store in an airtight container.