Ingredients for - Caramel Corn II

1. Unpopped popcorn 1 cup
2. Vegetable oil 2 tablespoons
3. White sugar 1 cup
4. Salt 1 pinch
5. Butter 2 tablespoons
6. Dark corn syrup ½ cup
7. Water ½ cup
8. Distilled white vinegar ½ tablespoon
9. Baking soda ½ teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Caramel Corn II

1 . Stage

Add 1 tablespoon of the oil to a 4 quart saucepan, and heat over high heat. When oil is hot, add 1/2 cup of popping corn. Keep pan moving constantly. When corn stops popping, remove from heat. Repeat until all corn has been popped. Place popped corn into a buttered bowl.

2 . Stage

In a 3 quart saucepan, combine sugar, salt, butter, dark corn syrup, and water. Stir until sugar dissolves. Stir in vinegar. Boil sugar mixture to hard ball stage, 248 degrees F (118 degrees C). Remove caramel from heat. Stir in soda. Beat to thoroughly dissolve the soda.

3 . Stage

Pour hot caramel over popcorn, and quickly stir into popcorn; work quickly for the caramel sets up fast. Spread out on wax paper to cool. Store in a tightly covered container.