Ingredients
2 cup pale ale
3 cups sugar
3/4 cup light corn syrup
3/4 cup dark corn syrup
4 cups green pumpkin seeds
2 tbsp unsalted butter
1tbsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
pumpkin pie spice
Preparation
Butter 2 heavy large baking sheets. Stir first 4 ingredients in heavy large saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat to high and boil without stirring until candy thermometer registers 260°F., about 40 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low. Mix in pumpkinseeds and butter and cook until thermometer registers 295°F., stirring constantly, about 15 minutes. Add baking soda and vanilla and stir briskly (mixture will foam up). Immediately pour out onto prepared baking sheets, dividing evenly. Spread out brittle as thinly as possible. sprinkle top with pumkin pie spice. Let stand until cold and hard.
