Smacks Brittle Recipes

CRACKER BRITTLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Take a cookie sheet with raised edges and cover it with foil.
• Place the crackers on the cookie sheet salt side down until it's covered.
• Heat butter and sugar together until the sugar is well dissolved into the butter.
• Pour the butter mixture evenly over the crackers and place in oven for five minutes.
• Remove the cookie sheet from the oven and pour the chocolate chips evenly over the butter mixture and crackers.
• Place back in oven for an additional five minutes.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool completely and then freeze for a minimum of two hours.
• Remove from freezer and break apart.
• Must be kept frozen if not being actively consumed.

HONEY PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• Combine the honey and the water.
• Boil until it reaches the hard crack stage.
• Add the rest of the ingredients.
• Pour into a greased cookie sheet.
• Spread very thinly.
• Let it harden.
• Break into pieces.
• Enjoy!

ALMOND BRITTLE

Steps:

• Line a baking sheet with waxed paper.
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat; add almonds, sugar, and syrup. Cook and stir the almonds until the mixture turns caramel in color, about 6 minutes.
• Spread the mixture onto the prepared baking sheet in a thin layer. Cool until the mixture hardens and break into pieces to serve.

GRAHAM CRACKER BRITTLE

Steps:

• Grease a cookie sheet.
• Line it with crackers.
• combine sugar and butter in a saucepan.
• bring sugar/butter to a boil.
• Stir in nuts and cook for 1-1/2 minutes.
• Spread this mixture over crackers.
• bake at 350 for 10 minutes.
• Let cool and break into pieces.

SMACKS BRITTLE

Steps:

• 1. Combine sugar, corn syrup and butter in 2-quart saucepan. Cook over moderate heat, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved and mixture begins to bubble. Remove from heat.2. Add cereal and peanuts, stirring until well-coated with syrup. Pour into greased 15 x 10 x 1-inch baking sheet.

BRETON BRITTLE

Steps:

• Completely line 13x9-inch (3.5L) baking pan with foil.
• Arrange a single layer of crackers over bottom of pan.
• Arrange a second layer of crackers to cover spaces between crackers in first layer. (It will be necessary to break some crackers in half so that the entire bottom of pan is covered.)
• In medium saucepan combine sugar and butter. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil.
• Remove from heat; pour evenly over crackers in pan.
• Bake in 400F (200C) oven 5 minutes. Remove from oven; sprinkle with chocolate chips.
• When chips are soft, spread over top.
• Sprinkle with nuts.
• Chill until chocolate is set.
• Break into pieces to serve.
• Store in refrigerator.

MOM'S BEST PEANUT BRITTLE

Steps:

• 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.