My Amish Friend’s Caramel Corn

Name: My Amish Friend’s Caramel Corn
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 28
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking soda; 473 milliliters brown sugar; 118 milliliters light corn syrup; 237 milliliters margarine; 7 liters plain popped popcorn; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give My Amish Friend’s Caramel Corn a try. This recipe serves 28. Watching your figure? This gluten free and dairy free recipe has 1051 calories, 31g of protein, and 17g of fat per serving. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. If you have baking soda, margarine, corn syrup, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Place the popped popcorn into two shallow greased baking pans. You may use roasting pans, jelly roll pans, or disposable roasting pans.

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Popped Popcorn

Jelly

Roll

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Baking Pan

Add the peanuts to the popped corn if using. Set aside.

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Popcorn

Peanuts

Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).

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Oven

Combine the brown sugar, corn syrup, margarine and salt in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring enough to blend. Once the mixture begins to boil, boil for 5 minutes while stirring constantly.

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Brown Sugar

Corn Syrup

Margarine

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Remove from the heat, and stir in the baking soda and vanilla. The mixture will be light and foamy. Immediately pour over the popcorn in the pans, and stir to coat. Don't worry too much at this point about getting all of the corn coated.

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Baking Soda

Popcorn

Vanilla

Corn

Bake for 1 hour, removing the pans, and giving them each a good stir every 15 minutes. Line the counter top with waxed paper. Dump the corn out onto the waxed paper and separate the pieces. Allow to cool completely, then store in airtight containers or resealable bags.

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Corn

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Oven