HELP! I'm making Benne (Sesame) Brittle

[woody]

It calls for 2 cups of sugar and 2 TBL water cook on low heat until it melts, abt 10 minutes. It is NOT melting! It's just gloppy/clumpy. This is my 2nd try with the suger what am I doing wrong????

 

[karennoca]

I may be wrong but isn't 2 cups of sugar and 2 TBS. of water an error in measurments?

 

[patbastrop]

Joy of Cooking recipe for Nut Brittle

1 cup sugar, melted in a skillet over low heat. Stir constantly until caramelized (310 degrees). Quickly stir in 1 cup toasted benne seeds. Pour candy onto a buttered platter. When cool, crack into pieces.

The recipe doesn't call for water at all.

 

[maycee]

I would say 10 minutes is the erroneous measurment in this recipe...

that is not enough time to melt 2 cups of sugar. Patience, Grasshopper.

 

[woody]

What a mess! Thanks for the replies...

The measurement of 2 cups water and 2Tbl water is correct. It was a recipe in the March issue of Southern Living. I panicked because the sugar was hardening so I added more water. The sugar melted but the brittle never hardened,it just crumbled.I threw the whole mess out.

 

[woody]

Ah Sensei, patience is not my strong point, I must work on it.