Healthier Caramel Corn
Ingredients
3/4 cup maple syrup
3 tbsp butter (see note)
2 tbsp sucanat (opt., see note)
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup nuts (opt., adds fat)
8 cup (to 12) popped popcorn (see note)
Preparation
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Combine syrup, butter, Sucanat and salt
in saucepan until butter is melted. Boil without stirring 3 minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in baking soda and vanilla (add nuts if
using). Pour over popcorn. Mix well. Place on 2 large cook sheets.
Bake for 15 minut4es. Cool. Break into pieces. Freezes well. NOTES:
~ Butter is easier to digest than margarine. Can be reduced to 1
tablespoon. ~ Sucanat is a natural sweetener found in health food
stores. Can be omitted. ~To save time, purchase a 16-ounce bag of
pre-popped plain popcorn. Source: Nicola B. Godfrey, Copley News
Service in THE NEWS TRIBUNE, 11/95.
Servings: 8
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