PEANUT PATTIES

You see those Peanut Patties in the stores, three for a dollar. Hard to resist, they are pink, bulging with penanuts, they just grab you. Now you can make your own, only these will be better than any you have ever tasted. They are easy but you have to be quick moving when you are spooning them out on the the wax paper. They can get stiff in the pan. If this happens, you just add a few drops of hot water and stir, and they will soften up enough to finish.
Always serve the nicest things to your friends and eat those that aren't so perfect. Put your best out there for the world to see. WOW, these things are good!

Peanut Patties

3 c. sugar

4 c. raw Spanish peanuts

1 c. white corn syrup

1 c. water

1/8 tsp. salt

5 T. butter (real butter, always)

1 tsp vanilla

1/8 tsp. red food coloring

Mix all ingredients (except butter,

vanilla and coloring) in large heavy sauce-

pan and cook to hard ball stage

(260 degrees on candy thermometer)

Remove from heat, add butter ,

vanilla and coloring. Beat until candy begins

to look creamy. Quickly drop by

spoonfuls onto waxed paper. If mix-

ture gets too firm, add a few drops

of hot water and beat, then spoon out

the rest of it.