Description
Quick and easy. Be ready to try to hold the relatives back. I usually have to make a double batch. I don’t know where I got this recipe but its been a favorite in my home for over 30 years.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- ½ cup unpopped popcorn
- 2 cups dark brown sugar
- 1 cup butter
- ½ cup white corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).
- Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Put 4 popcorn kernels into the oil and cover until popped; add remaining kernels to the saucepan in an even layer. Cover and remove from heat
- about 30 seconds. Return to heat and gently shake pan back and forth over the burner until popping slows to several seconds between pops
- 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat and transfer to a large bowl.
- Combine brown sugar
- butter
- corn syrup
- and salt in a 2-quart saucepan. Bring to a boil
- stirring constantly. Let boil for 5 minutes more without stirring. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract and baking soda. Stir well. Pour over the popcorn; mix until evenly coated. Transfer to a shallow oven-safe pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven
- stirring every 15 minutes
- until a cooled piece of popcorn is crunchy
- about 1 hour.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 12 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 22 mins
Servings: 10