peanut brittle

roast peanuts
xiaogaojie: 300F for 17 mins (including preheating time) --- wasn't enough for mine
online: 350F for 20 - 25 mins (stop when smelling peanut aroma)
- 12/14/2024: 300F for 17 mins, then rest, then 300 for 5 mins and 350 for 5 mins

caramelize sugar
add in peanuts and heat up for 2 mins (adding peanuts will drop temperature and affect sugarwork, so make sure the heat is still up at this step)
sprinkle in baking soda, stir and pour out

- xiaogaojie had specific time frames, but my didn't reach any stage at that timeline. so may need to tweak next time.
- 12/14/2024: wasn't enough liquid after coating peanuts, so after adding baking soda it didn't puff up. i then added more water and re-boiled the sugar. then sprinkle in more baking soda. but it never really puffed up.