Bea's Christmas Popcorn
Ingredients
5 qt freshly popped, unsalted popcorn
1 cup unsalted,dry-roasted peanuts
1 cup butter or margarine
2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup dark corn syrup
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp vanilla
Preparation
SOURCE: More Tastes & Tales from Texas with love by Peg Hein,
copyright 1987, sixth printing Oct. 1991, ISBN #0-9613881-1-0. MM
format by Ursula R. Taylor who got this from Robbie Shelton in the
Oct. 1995 cookbook swap on Delphi - cust 229.
Combine popcorn and peanuts in a large, lightly greased roasting
pan; mix well and set aside.
Melt butter or margarine in a medium saucepan; stir in sugar and
corn syrup. Bring to a boil and continue boiling over medium heat
for 5 minutes, stirring occsionally. Remove from heat, stir in soda
and vanilla. Pour over popcorn, mixture and stir until evenly coated.
Bake at 250~ for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Remove from
oven, cool for 10 minutes. Spread in signle layer on folded large
brown papae bags to cool completely. This will stay fresh tasting for
2 to 3 weeks if kept in an airtight container.
From: Ursulataylor To: All
Servings: 5
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