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Mixed Nut-Cornflake Brittle Recipe

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This five-ingredient brittle is one of the best I've made. The recipe is so easy to follow and can be completed in about 30 minutes. Friends ask me for the recipe all the time.

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Mixed Nut-Cornflake Brittle Recipe

Prep: 10 min. Bake: 25 min. + cooling

Yield: 16 Servings

10 25 35

Ingredients

3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/4 cup butter
6 cups cornflakes
1-1/2 cups mixed nuts

Directions

Line a 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan with foil and heavily grease the foil; set aside. In a large heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, corn syrup and butter. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until sugar is dissolved and mixture begins to a boil. Remove from the heat. Stir in cornflakes and nuts.
Spread into prepared pan. Bake at 300° for 25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Break into pieces. Store at room temperature in an airtight container. Yield: about 1-1/4 pounds.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1/2 cup) equals 204 calories, 10 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 8 mg cholesterol, 203 mg sodium, 30 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Mixed Nut-Cornflake Brittle in Country Woman Christmas Annual 2006, p66

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Reviewed on Dec. 24, 2011 by tlparmaple

Just wondering when was I supposed to take it off the tin foil after it cooled or before?

Reviewed on Dec. 31, 2010 by siamcrab

I like this recipe very much, I will try to make it for my family on new year day.

Reviewed on Jan. 21, 2010 by #1Jeeplover

I will make this recipe for as long as I live, we can't stop eating it. It should be number 1 on the comfort food list! Crunchy, sweet and a little salt from the nuts is so good.

Reviewed on Dec. 08, 2008 by campbellk

this is the best treat,and is great to take hiking, and to make special treats for others i have put it into stocking shaped goodie bags for my grandkids for xmas!My other half can't stay out of it!! best quick recipe i've tried in a very long time.