Buttery Pecan Brittle

1 cup granulated sugar
½ cup corn syrup
¼ cup water
½ cup unsalted butter (no substitutes)
1½ cups Pecan Valley Pecan Pieces
½ teaspoon baking soda

1. In a saucepan, cook sugar, corn syrup and water until sugar dissolves and mixture comes to a boil.
2. Add butter; cook until mixture reaches 280ºF on a candy thermometer.
3. Stir in pecans; cook until 300ºF (hard crack stage). Remove from the heat and stir in baking soda.
4. Spread immediately into a greased 15-inch-by-10-inch-by-1-inch baking pan.
5. When cool, break into pieces.

Yield; 1¼ pounds