Sorry for such a long absence! Summers around here are usually pretty busy and three days of the week are spent at our cabin with no internet access. I do plenty of cooking and baking, but very little documenting. We had a great summer. Beautiful weather, a lot of late days on the lake, and late nights on the deck. We can’t wait for next summer to do it all again, but for now are enjoying what has so far been a very gorgeous, yet very busy fall.
For this week’s Sweet Melissa selection JoVonn of the Givens Chronicles chose Sweet Melissa’s Peanut Brittle. I love peanut brittle and have never made it before. I actually kind of like making candy, though it does terrify me a little bit. I just have this thing against getting burned, even little minor finger tip burns freak me out. I successfully managed to make this brittle without incident, and found the recipe to be quite easy.
I was in the mood for some fall flavors, so I added 1 tsp of pumpkin pie spice and replaced 2 TBS of the butter with 2 TBS of canned pumpkin puree. I think the pumpkin made the brittle a bit chewier than normal and the pumpkin pie spice gave it a nice kick.
I love the orange color of this brittle.
Great selection, JoVonn! Please visit her blog for the recipe and check out what the other Sweet Melissa bakers made this week!
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October 25, 2010 at 12:04 pm
JoVonn
The addition of the pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice sounds delicious. Thanks for making candy along with me!
October 25, 2010 at 6:53 pm
Hanaa
Your brittle turned out great! What a great idea to add pumpkin pie spice to your brittle. I ended up adding cinnamon and cayenne for a little kick.
October 25, 2010 at 10:34 pm
Gloria
What a great idea to turn this into pumpkin brittle! I love pumpkin and the spices that go along with it.
October 27, 2010 at 3:15 pm
donnacronin
Wow, I wish I was there so I could taste it… looks amazing!