Macadamia-Coconut Brittle

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup corn syrup
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup macadamia nuts, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup coconut

Directions

1. 1

   Butter cookie sheet and large saucepan.

2. 2

   In buttered saucepan, combine sugar, corn syrup and water, mix well.

3. 3

   Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.

4. 4

   Cook until candy thermometer registers 275 (soft-crack stage).

5. 5

   Add butter, vanilla and nuts; cook, stirring constantly, until thermometer registers 300 (hard-crack stage).

6. 6

   Remove from heat.

7. 7

   Add baking soda; mix well.

8. 8

   Stir in coconut.

9. 9

   Quickly pour mixture onto buttered cookie sheet; spread very thinly.

10. 10

    Cool 30 minutes or until completely cooled.

11. 11

    (After 5 to 10 minutes of cooling, brittle can be stretched thinner with 2 forks.).

12. 12

    Break into pieces.