HOLIDAY PECAN BRITTLE!

[ztachick]

got this from a low carb forum that sends me newsletters- hope this is the right count and taste good- it sure looks good.


Sugar-free, Low Carb
Butter Pecan Brittle

1 stick of butter (1/2 cup)
1 cup powdered maltitol
1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped pecans

Makes 24 Servings
Melt the butter in a large, nonstick fry pan. Add the Maltitol and heat on medium, stirring until it is blended and golden. The mixture will separate and then blend together again. Give it time for the color to darken, but don't over cook. Remove pan from heat and sprinkle nuts on the top. The photo below shows the color of Brittle in the pan at the moment it is ready.
Allow to cool. Cover and let set up. When the brittle is cooled, break it into pieces. Or if you are in a hurry, (as I always am) hasten the cooling by setting the pan in a larger pan of ice.
Total carbs = 12
About 1/2 carb per serving
Variations:
Add 1/4 cup unsweetened coconut. If you use walnuts instead of pecans you can deduct all the carbs. 1 cup of peanuts makes it peanut brittle.

[not2late]

That sounds good. But a caution about it. Maltitol is a sugar alcohol. They are notorious for causing stomach upset and diarrhea. :yikes

When I first came to this board, the mods used to joke that if you were constipated, eat a sugar alcohol candy and you're problems will go away.

Then there's the issue of sugar alcohols causing stalls in some folks....

But otherwise, it sounds like a good recipe.

[Naja]

Yummy, but if you eat more than a few small pieces, you will probably be doing some "throne sitting" time. Different people react differently to the various sugar substitutes, so test your own tolerances carefully.

[MotherOfGizmo]

MALTITOL! :yikes RUNS AWAY QUICKLY!

[IrishRed]

i wonder if you can substitute for a different sweetener??


Any ideas anyone ???

[not2late]

You can probably substitute the malitol with erythitol. But you won't be able to substutite aspartame, saccharin or sucralose for it because these artificial sweeteners don't crystallize and the malitol is what's holding that brittle together.