Almond Pecan Brittle

From country fair food and crafts and one of my christmas gift basket recipes

Place almonds and pecans on a baking tray and bake at 180 degrees c for 5 minutes or until golden.

Set aside to cool.

Place sugar , brown sugar , golden syrup and water in a heavy-based sauce pan and cook over medium heat , stirring until sugar dissolves.

Add butter , bring to the boil and boil , without stirring , until mixture reaches hard crack stage or 150 c on a sugar thermometer.

Stir in bicarbonate of soda and toasted nuts.

Pour into a lightly oiled 23 cm cake tin.

When almost set , cut into squares.

blanched almonds, pecans, sugar, brown sugar, golden syrup, water, butter, bicarbonate of soda