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PEANUT BRITTLE
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PEANUT BRITTLE

7 ingredients 5 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

518
Calories
9g
Protein
40g
Fat
35g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Peanut 1 oz (28g) 161
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Marshmallow not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • two cups of sugar in kettle
  • one cup of peanuts
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 cup cream
  • five tablespoons of cocoa
  • ten cents' worth of marshmallows just before pouring on buttered platter

Directions

1

Put two cups of sugar in kettle and stir constantly. Have ready one cup of peanuts ; when sugar is melted, stir in peanuts and pour on marble. Almonds, pecans and all nuts can be used same way.

2

3 cups sugar. 1 tablespoon butter.

3

1 cup cream.

4

When sugar is melted add four or five tablespoons of cocoa. Stir and boil fifteen minutes. Take from fire and heat until creamy. Add teaspoonful vanilla. Pour on but- tered plate and cut in squares.

5

To make marshmallow chocolate fudge add ten cents' worth of marshmallows just before pouring on buttered platter.

By Wilson, Mary Elizabeth Lyles, 1860-1924 · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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