Title: Buttery black walnut brittle
 Categories: Candies, Holiday
      Yield: 24 Servings
 
      1 c  Sugar
    1/2 c  Corn syrup
    1/4 c  Water
    1/2 c  Butter (no substitutes)
  1 1/2 c  Black walnuts
    1/2 ts Baking soda
 
  In a saucepan, cook sugar, corn syrup and water until sugar dissolves
  and mixture comes to a boil.  Add butter; cook until mixture reaches
  280øF on a candy thermometer. Stir in walnuts; cook until 300øF (hard
  crack stage). Remove from the heat and stir in baking soda. Spread
  immediately into a greased 15x10x1-inch baking pan. When cool, break
  into pieces. Yield; 1 1/4 pounds.