Pecan Brittle

🥘 Ingredients

• baking soda
  1/2 tsp
• granulated sugar
  150 g
• pecans
  142 g
• salt
  1/2 tsp
• unsalted butter
  57 g
• water

🍳 Cookware

• small container
• saucepan
• sheet pan
• parchment paper

1. 1

   Toast the coarsely chopped pecans .

   pecans: 142 g
2. 2

   Combine the baking soda and salt in a small container and mix.

   baking soda: 1/2 tsp, salt: 1/2 tsp
3. 3

   Add granulated sugar and unsalted butter to a saucepan . Add a little bit of water to help bind everything together.

   granulated sugar: 150 g, unsalted butter: 57 g, water
4. 4

   Stir in the beginning to encourage the sugar to dissolve into the butter until the mixture comes to a boil.
5. 5

   Switch to swirling to even out the heat and temperature and prevent crystallization.
6. 6

   Cook until the mixture becomes a deep amber.
7. 7

   Kill the heat and add in the toasted pecans and give the mixture a stir to ensure that the pecans are well coated.
8. 8

   Add the baking soda and salt mixture that'll cause a foaming effect and stir rapidly.
9. 9

   Quickly transfer the mixture to a sheet pan lined with parchment paper while the mixture is till hot and spread into a single layer.
10. 10

    Let cool to room temperature for about ⏱️ 2 hours and break up into small pieces.