Easy Peanut Brittle 

3 cups white sugar
3 teaspoons butter
1/2 cup of water 
2 teaspoons soda
1 cup white Karo
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups raw shelled peanuts

Boil sugar, Karo and water until it spins a thread.  Add peanuts and 
stir constantly until it turns a brownish gold. Remove from heat, add 
butter, salt and soda.  Pour on to a buttered cookie sheet to cool.

Recipe from:  "San Antonio Cookbook II"

Debra Watts