Caramel Corn
I figured out yesterday why I can't completely go to those reusable shopping bags. I need some paper grocery sacks, if only so I can make caramel corn.
Caramel Corn
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
- 5-6 quarts popped corn (use air pop or as little oil as possible; not microwave popcorn)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- 1 stick butter
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- Put popped corn into a paper grocery bag
- Put brown sugar, corn syrup, butter and salt into a microwave-safe bowl and boil for 2 minutes. (begin timing after mixture begins to boil)
- Take out of microwave and stir in 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- Pour sugar mixture over popped corn in bag, shake well, microwave on high for 1-1/2 minutes; take out and shake well; return to microwave for another 1-1/2 minutes. Shake and microwave for another 1-1/2 minutes.
- Pour caramel corn out of bag onto cookie sheets to cool; break it up as it cools
I got this recipe from my mom. I'm not sure where she got it from, but it's much easier than the popcorn balls she used to make once in a while, and so good.
I use air pop popcorn - 2 poppings. This may be a little more popcorn than the original recipe calls for, but the popcorn gets coated nicely, and it's not too sweet.
many recipes in the world that there is just no excuse for using one twice if it's not something you really enjoy. Now, whether the rest of the family enjoys them or not is another story, but I try to add special notes about who likes what. 
1 comments:
The recipe came from a friend at work. We were talking about caramel corn, he said his wife had a great recipe. She copied it off for me and the 'rest is history'.
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