Caramel Corn With Peanuts Recipe
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Ingredients : Caramel Corn With Peanuts Recipe
2 qt Freshly popped corn (8 c.)
1/2 cup Raw, shelled peanuts
1/4 cup Packed light brn. sugar
3 tbsp Unsalted butter
1/4 cup Light corn syrup
1/4 cup Light molasses
1/2 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Vanilla extract or flavor
1/4 tsp Baking soda
1) Preheat oven to 250 F. 2) Spread popcorn in lge, well-buttered
roasting pan. Sprinkle peanuts on top and set pan aside. 3) In heavy
saucepan, combine sugar, butter, corn syrup, molasses, and salt. Stir
over med. heat until the mixture boils. Continue boiling gently,
without stirring, until a candy-jelly thermometer in syrup reads 250
F. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla and baking soda. 4) Pour
the syrup over the popcorn and peanuts and rapidly mix with a spatula
to coat the pcs. evenly. 5) Bake caramel corn in preheated oven for 1
hr, stirring occasionally, then cool the candy in the pan. 6) Slip
the cooled candy out of the pan with spatula and break into fairly
large chunks. Store airtight up to 1 wk.
Yield: 6 to 7 cups
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