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     Title: BUTTERY BLACK WALNUT BRITTLE
Categories: Candies, Holiday
     Yield: 24 servings

     1 c  Sugar
   1/2 c  Corn syrup
   1/4 c  Water
   1/2 c  Butter (no substitutes)
 1 1/2 c  Black walnuts
   1/2 ts Baking soda

 In a saucepan, cook sugar, corn syrup and water until
 sugar dissolves and mixture comes to a boil.  Add
 butter; cook until mixture reaches 280°F on a candy
 thermometer. Stir in walnuts; cook until 300°F (hard
 crack stage). Remove from the heat and stir in baking
 soda. Spread immediately into a greased 15x10x1-inch
 baking pan. When cool, break into pieces. Yield; 1 1/4
 pounds.

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