Mom's Best Peanut Brittle Recipe

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 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.