Wherein...

...a re-deployed (that means he's home), Marine "baby" wants brickle ("It won't melt, "Mom T!"), we make brickle.

Now, I'm not talkin' 'bout some bourgeous, sticky, peanut-filled concoction thrown together by "Maria the Mexican" (who btw, tends chickens at her "day job"), and peddled at the circus.
Out of Lil T's coonass kitchen come only the finest of confections. Lil T's brickle is a buttery, rich, toffee-like creation that ships well, whether to Wak Iraq, or to your Uncle Bocephus down in Bumpkinville, Arkansas...if he has teeth...his own teeth.

Let's begin.

First and foremost, find the damn candy thermometer. If you don't own a candy thermometer, you're a loozer. Go home. You cannot play this game. You must be this high to ride this ride.

The ingredient list is small:
sugah, just 'bout 1 3/4 c.

light corn syrup...We ain't makin' no damn pecan pies today!

Oh and that reminds me, you damned yankees! The word is pronounced, "pacawn", not "peecan".
A "pacawn" is a nut we Suthrun folks pick up off tha ground, and use to make "yummies".
A "peecan" is somethin' folks put unda tha bed for when they don't feel like goin' to tha outhouse.
We clear?
Ok.

light corn syrup- 1/3 c.

butta- "It uses real butta, or it gets the hose." 2 sticks, unsalted, sweet.

nuts- 2 c., give or take a few, chopped.
Today, I'm using Emerald Glazed pacawns. You can use whatever type of nuts you like. Just don't use the seldom-seen Banenut. Banenut+boilin' sugah=baaad.

Lightly grease a jellyroll pan. This one is about 10X15.
Oh shut up! Its clean. That darkened area is just where I "cook" mah "smack".

In a heavy ass 2 qt.,aluminum saucepan (I think mine is eleventy-hunnert years old, but it works great, so I don't fuck with success.), combine sugah, corn syrup, and 1/4 cup water; heat to boiling over med. heat, stirring every now n then. Stirry in tha butta.



Set the candy thermometer in place and continue cookin', stirring frequently, about 20 min. or until temp. reaches 300 degrees.




Please, be careful folks!
300 degree, melted sugah and corn syrup will burn your skin off like napalm on V.C. chillen.
That was tacky.
Les move on.

Remove that hot-ass mixture (300 degrees, memba?) from heat. Stir in nuts. (I've known folks that throw coconut into the mixture , but personnally, I don't care for pixie boogers.) Immediately pour mixture into jellyroll pan. Working quickly, spread mixture evenly with a spatula.
Iffin you prefer, you can sprankle some nuts on top before the mixture starts to "set".

Cool buttery, yummy goodness on a wire rack, then crack that stuff into pieces.
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Warning: Consumption of too much yummy goodness will make ya' ass so jiggly, Bill Cosby gonna wanna stick a spoon in it!