Ok while trying to make peanut brittle I had something odd happen.
I was going on the "Good Eats" method (Tricks for Treats) by placing 3 cups of sugar (plain white from a new bag) in a pot coated with a very little bit of oil over a cast Iron pot (heat diffuser) over med-high heat. I added a cup and a half of water and stired to combine. I clamped on the lid once it started to boil and let it boil for 3 minutes, then puled the lid of and watched it without touching it till it reached 'light amber'
Ok my first time i thought I was at light amber but my poured and cooled brittle was not solid, so I figure i needed to let it go longer, so i fix up for batch two the next day.
batch two started the same way when it got to the point it had tha previous day I just let it go a bit longer. I bubbled a lot and suddenly it seamed to go solid on me! It went from a liquid bubbling goo to a block of what looked like sugar crystal (like the bubbles solidified all at once!
I did not want it to burn so i poured in half a bottle (about a cup and a half) of clean water in and started over.
Brittle came out fine this time, good crack and flavor, translucent color slightly dark Amber.
My question is what was up with it going solid like that?
I was going on the "Good Eats" method (Tricks for Treats) by placing 3 cups of sugar (plain white from a new bag) in a pot coated with a very little bit of oil over a cast Iron pot (heat diffuser) over med-high heat. I added a cup and a half of water and stired to combine. I clamped on the lid once it started to boil and let it boil for 3 minutes, then puled the lid of and watched it without touching it till it reached 'light amber'
Ok my first time i thought I was at light amber but my poured and cooled brittle was not solid, so I figure i needed to let it go longer, so i fix up for batch two the next day.
batch two started the same way when it got to the point it had tha previous day I just let it go a bit longer. I bubbled a lot and suddenly it seamed to go solid on me! It went from a liquid bubbling goo to a block of what looked like sugar crystal (like the bubbles solidified all at once!
I did not want it to burn so i poured in half a bottle (about a cup and a half) of clean water in and started over.
Brittle came out fine this time, good crack and flavor, translucent color slightly dark Amber.
My question is what was up with it going solid like that?