With this recipe for making carmel corn you don't have to clean up the container you made it in so you have more time to enjoy the finished product.
Next time you go to the grocery store, ask for your groceries in paper bags. You'll need one bag per batch.
Here's what you'll need:
3-4 quarts popped corn (the more popcorn you use the less carmel per bite)
1 cup (or so) peanuts 1 stick of butter (no substitutes!)
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup light Karo Syrup
1 tsp baking soda - add last
Pop the corn and pick out the old maids so you don't break a tooth when eating it. The old maids should be on the bottom (especially if you shake them down to the bottom), so just pick the popcorn off the top carefully and put it in the paper bag along with the peanuts (if you like peanuts in your carmel corn). Put the butter, sugar, salt and syrup in a glass bowl (4 cup or bigger) and bring it to a boil in your microwave. Boil for one minute then stir, microwave it for another minute and add one tsp of baking soda and stir well, until thickened. It will turn light in color and look like taffy. Pour this mixture over the popped corn in the paper bag and shake/roll well. Put the paper bag back in the microwave and cook an additional 1-1/2 minutes (90 seconds). Remove and shake/roll well again. Return to the microwave and cook another 1-1/2 minutes. Shake again. Open the bag and let it cool. Break it apart as it cools.
Store it in an ice cream bucket or similar or just eat it up.
from the kitchen of Mabel
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