Peanut Brittle

Combine sugar, corn syrup, and water. Mix together and cook over high heat. Wash down sugar crystals with pastry brush and warm water before mixture boils. Cook to 232, stirring constantly. Reduce heat from time to time as needed. Add raw peanuts and salt and cook to hard crack stage, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add butter, vanilla, and soda and stir until mixture turns light in color. Pour onto buttered cookie sheet. Cool for 4 minutes. Stretch with 2 forks over edge of pan until thin.