Orange Brittle - orange

Method

• Grease large cookie sheet.
• Grate peel from orange; set peel aside.
• Squeeze 1/4 cup juice from orange.
• In heavy 2-quart saucepan with candy thermometer in place over medium heat, heat orange juice, sugar, corn syrup and salt until boiling and sugar is dissolved, stirring occasionally.
• Continue cooking, stirring frequently, until temperature reaches 300° or hard-crack stage (when a small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water separates into hard and brittle threads).
• Remove saucepan from heat; immediately stir in reserved orange peel, butter or margarine and baking soda.
• Pour at once onto cookie sheet.
• With 2 forks, lift and pull mixture into rectangle about 14 x 12-inches.
• Cool. Can be considered low protein.