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Encyclopedia > Brittle (food)

Homemade peanut brittle
Homemade peanut brittle

Brittles are confections, usually very hard and brittle, made of caramel, or near-caramel sugar syrup, and nuts. Image File history File links Mergefrom. ... Pecan brittle is a popular hard candy made of pecans and syrup. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 522 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Brittle (food) Metadata This file contains... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 522 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Brittle (food) Metadata This file contains... The term confectionery refers to food items rich in sugar. ... A piece of caramel confectionery. ...


Peanut brittle is one of the numerous varieties of nut brittles, which consist of flat broken pieces of hard sugar candy mixed with nuts. Magnification of grains of sugar, showing their monoclinic hemihedral crystalline structure. ...


A mixture of sugar and water is heated to the hard crack stage corresponding to a temperature of around 300 degrees Fahrenheit. Peanuts are mixed with the caramelized sugar. At this point spices, leavening agents, and often peanut butter or butter are added. The hot candy is poured out onto a flat surface for cooling, traditionally a granite or marble slab. The hot candy may be troweled to uniform thickness. When the brittle cools, it is broken into pieces. The favorite snack food of George McFly, who is seen pouring it into his bowl while watching The honeymooners and Laughing[[1]]. For other uses, see Candy (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A leavening agent (sometimes called just leavening or leaven) is a substance used in doughs and batters that causes a foaming action. ... Peanut butter in a jar. ... George Douglas McFly is a fictional lead character in the first Back to the Future motion picture, played by actor Crispin Glover, and a minor character in the 2 sequels, played by Jeffrey Weissman. ... The Honeymooners is an American television situation comedy produced by Jackie Gleason Enterprises, Inc. ...


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Caramel (IPA: ['kærəˌmɛl], also ['kɑrˌməl] in some U.S. regions) is a food which has a colour from orange to dark brown and a sweet toasted flavour, derived from the caramelization of sugar.
It is also commonly used as a food colouring (with the E number E150).
Various candies, confections, and desserts are made with caramel: caramel apples, barley sugar, caramel with nuts (such as praline, nougat, or brittle), and caramel with custard (such as crème caramel or crème brûlée).
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When drying foods, the key is to remove moisture as quickly as possible at a temperature that does not seriously affect the flavor, texture and color of the food.
Food on lower trays near the heat source will often dry more rapidly than food on higher trays and, therefore, trays should be rotated throughout drying.
Food scorches easily toward the end of drying time; therefore, turn the heat off when drying is almost complete and open the door wide for an additional hour or so.
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