SC - Food for the Grieving

[LadyEbonSwan@aol.com]

Blatantly OOP, but very tasty, and quick and easy to make.  This 
was an experiment, altered from a recipe for peanut brittle.

Microwave Maple Walnut Brittle

1 cup granulated white sugar
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/8 tsp. salt
1 cup broken walnut meats
1 tsp. butter or nut oil
1 tsp. rum-flavored extract
1 tsp. baking soda


Butter or grease a cookie sheet and set it aside.

Combine sugar, maple syrup, and salt in a deep microwave-safe 
bowl or casserole (1-1/2 to 2 quarts).  Microwave, uncovered, on 
High for 4 minutes.

Stir mixture, and microwave on High for 4 more minutes.

Add butter or oil, extract, and walnuts.  Stir.

Microwave for 2 more minutes.

Stir in baking soda.  Mixture will foam up violently.  Quickly pour 
mixture onto greased cookie sheet.  Try to spread it thinly.

Let cool.  When cool and firm, break into pieces and store in a 
tightly closed container.

Notes: I used almond oil in the mixture and to grease the sheet.  
You MUST use 100% real maple syrup, not pancake syrup, but it 
doesn't have to be the high-quality stuff.  I used a cheap grade of 
syrup I got at Costco.


Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
Settmour Swamp, East (NJ)
mka Robin Carroll-Mann
harper at idt.net