@annimc19: I'm hoping you can find a source to keep this going in your family. Your story reminds me of how I got started gardening. It had never been my thing for sure. However, when my dad was dying I asked him besides family what was he going to miss. He said the joy of seeing something green coming up in the spring and the satisfaction of a good harvest in the fall. Several months later my oldest son was building me beautiful raised garden beds and I was able to experience some of what my dad was talking about. Maybe you'll end up making your mom's recipe's one day and finding that you like it better than you used to. Maybe even look forward to it. You never know!

Speaking of recipes, bumping this request for your peanut brittle recipe. Please? @lana7018

@jae: Here you go!
"Theresa Wilhelmina Baker's Peanut Brittle"
3 Cups of White Sugar
1 Cup White Corn Syrup
1 Cup Water
3 Cups of Raw Spanish Peanuts
3 tsp. Butter
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp VanillaTwo widths of (nonstick) foil approximately 2-1/2 feet or so long. (You will pour your finished candy onto this foil and stretch it by hand to thin the candy down. The original recipe calls for foil smeared with butter to keep the candy from sticking. We still rub butter on the non-stick because of the taste it adds to the brittle, while no longer necessary just to keep from sticking.)Use a large pan 3-1/2 to 4 quart size volume almost doubles when dry ingredients are added later. Boil sugar, syrup and water until fine thread spins when the wooden spoon is lifted. (Hard Candy Stage)Then add peanuts and stir constantly. Cook until mixture turns a brownish gold. Peanuts will have also darkened and appear roasted. (You can smell them!) Use a wooden spoon. The stirring gets much harder here.Remove candy from heat when peanuts are ready and add butter, salt soda and vanilla. (Tip: have these items measured and set aside in prep bowls.) Note: when you add the soda the mixture will climb the pan when added.Stir vigorously to blend ingredients and then quickly pour onto your foil covered counter.To do brittle our way, carefully stretch your candy using your hands (I put butter on mine), or the back of your wooden spoon. (My sisters and I use silicon mitts which help a ton. We've all burnt our hands making this candy over the years.)Note: The parts listed in parenthesis are comments added to the original recipe given by my grandmother. Her recipe came across with our German/Swedish ancestors and has been printed in more cookbooks than I can count. It used to appear regularly in the Dallas Morning News during the Texas State Fair each year. My grandfather, Kernel Eugene Baker was a bit of a Texas Celebrity. Governor Price Daniels issued an official Proclamation awarding him the title of "Official Peanut Kernel" of Texas along with the status of "Admiral" in the Texas Navy. He and my grandmother were fixtures each year at the State Fair. My Grandmother gave cooking demonstrations in the Woman's Pavilion and my grandfather (Papaw to us) handed out peanut samples in the Agricultural Building. I tried to upload a newspaper scanned image of them at the fair (her with the peanut corsage on) but the site here isn't allowing it.

Beginners Peanut/Pecan Brittle bc we can't all cook like @Lana7018 (I love)1 cup peanut or pecans
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup
1 tsp. butter and vanilla and baking soda1.. Coat 13x 9 non stick spray I used butter
2. All Done in Microwave
3.. Stir in sugar and corn syrup cook on high 3 minutes
4. Stir in pecans/peanuts cook on high 3-5 minutes I do 4 minutes then add butter and vanilla and blend well
5. Cook another 1 1/2 minutes. Add baking soda and stir until foamy
6. Spread the mixture in a pan and let cool and 1/2 hour I spread my thinner with spatula ( I don't like thick)Well, there you go all done in Microwave. I like pecans this is why I say peanuts or pecans. By no means is this to compete with Lana I just don't love cooking so I do shorter and easier things.Let me know what you think.

@lynnsgirl: It looks like a good one to try out. I've never made pecan brittle but I do love me some pecans!

My "must have" treat

Holiday Truffles and Mixed Nuts for me...

Pecan Sandy's nothing like butter/ sugar and pecans baked and rolled in sugar. This is always everyone's favorite treat when they come over.

@timbom: How do I make these please?

@timbom: Do you mean pecan candy? I made it one time, it was so good!

@TXNS_fan: yes OMG sounds delic

The recipe I used had white and brown sugar, heavy whipping cream, butter, pecans and chocolate chips. It was cooked first, then poured on a layer of chocolate chips, cooled and broken down to a bite-sized pieces. I just don't remember the measurements.

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