2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup water
1 cup butter or margarine
2 cups peanuts, chopped
1 teaspoon soda

Heat and stir sugar, syrup, and water in 3-quart saucepan till sugar dissolves. When syrup boils, blend in butter. Stir often after 230 deg. Add peanuts at 280 deg; stir constantly to hard crack stage (305 deg.). Remove from heat. Quickly stir in soda, mixing well. Pour onto 2 cookie sheets. Stretch thin by lifting and pulling from edge with forks. Loosen from pans as soon as possible. Break into pieces. Makes 2-1/2 pounds.