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I first saw this recipe in a 1965 Gourmet magazine and have been making it every year since then. Today you can find variations all over the net. I made about twenty batches this year and it goes to the neighbors and the grand kids. I like to substitute honey for half of the corn syrup and generally use a teaspoon and a half of the baking soda to get more bubbles in the brittle and make it more tooth friendly. I have used walnuts, peanuts, mixed nuts, pecans, cashews, pistachios and macadamias with good success. In my microwave the first cook time is 6:30 and the second, after stirring in the extract and butter, is 4:30. Here's my basic version, enjoy:
Pistachio
macadamia
Pistachio
macadamia