Sharing Mom's Caramel Corn Recipe and Directions

My mom's Caramel Corn is legendary

She was hired to make this several

years in a row for a local doctor

who wanted to give it as gifts

Really

It's not only really good

it is really easy

I've made it four times this season so I decided while

I was making it tonight I'd share it with you!

The Coffee Guy took photos tonight

I think he just wanted to be near me

or

He wanted to be there when the

Caramel Corn came out of the oven

It was a win win for me

Get your roaster out

You will want to use it

I like a wooden spoon

Start with 20 cups of popped popcorn

I always pop my own on the stove

I get 15 cups out of 1/2 cup of kernels

On the stove I combine

Brown sugar, Butter and Corn Syrup

Bring to a medium boil

Let it bubble for 5 minutes

While that is happening

I add a cup of peanuts

Then I add another cup

because I like peanuts

I measure out the Cream of Tartar
and the Baking Soda so it is ready

I mix it together

It has been five minutes of medium boil

Quickly sprinkle in the soda and tartar

Mix it in quickly

It gets foamy

It rises

Keep stirring until you know

it is all mixed in

Pour it all over the top

All of it

(I use a rubber scraper to get it all)

Stir it in

Be gentle

You don't want to pulverize it

Put it in a 250 degree oven

Set one timer for 40 minutes

Set another for 10 minutes

Stir every ten minutes

After forty minutes take the pan out of the oven

Stir for five minutes to keep it from

becoming one giant lump

Halfway through stirring

I like to put it into another bowl

I don't know why

I just do

It is ready to eat!

I put some of it in here

Most of it goes into an airtight container

but this great jar needed something in it this year!

Ingredient List:

20 Cup of Popped Popcorn

1/2 Pound of Butter

2 Cups of Brown Sugar (unpacked)

1/2 Cup Light Corn Syrup

1/2 tsp Baking Soda

1/2 tsp Cream of Tartar

Optional:

Nuts

(Seriously, unless you had an allergy, why would you leave them out?)

It is so easy and you can get little things done in the kitchen between stirring. It really is worth it, I promise.

Always,

Hope