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Peanut Patties


  • 2½ cup sugar
  • ⅔ cups white syrup
  • 1 cup canned milk
  • 2½ cups raw peanuts
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 4 Tablespoons butter
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • A few drips red food coloring
  1. Combine sugar, corn syrup, canned milk and peanuts in a medium sized sauce pan.
  2. Cook all ingredients to soft ball stage (240 degrees).
  3. Remove from heat and add vanilla, butter and food coloring (to make pretty pink).
  4. Beat to spreading consistency and drop onto waxed paper or buttered pan or buttered muffin tins to make uniform pretty patties.
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2 responses to “Peanut Patties”

  1. Administrator Avatar
    Administrator

    Our recipe called for raw peanuts. However; we roasted ours before using them in the candy adding them with the powdered sugar. I think this is a better approach.

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  2. Steve W Carter Avatar
    Steve W Carter

    Roasted the peanuts in the air fryer for 10 minutes at 285°

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