Gramp's microwave peanut brittle

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       Title: GRAMP'S MICROWAVE PEANUT BRITTLE
  Categories: Candies, Mw
       Yield: 1 Servings
  
            -JOYCE BURTON
       1 c  Sugar
     1/2 c  White Karo syrup
       2 c  Peanuts
       1 tb Margarine; or butter
       1 ts Vanilla
       1 ts Soda
     1/8 ts Salt; optional
  
   Combine sugar and syrup in a quart microwave container and microwave on
   high for five minutes. Remove from microwave and stir in peanuts. Microwave
   on high for two minutes; stir and microwave for two minutes; stir and
   microwave for one minute. Remove from microwave. Stir in margarine,
   vanilla, salt and soda. Pour onto a buttered cookie sheet and let cool.
   When hardened, break into pieces. Recipe from my father, Sam Criswell, who