Caramel Popcorn

This has become a bit of a Christmas tradition in the Dorman household.

Ingredients

1 cup margarine or butter

2 cups brown sugar

½ cup glucose syrup

1 tsp salt

½ tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla essence

24 cups popped popcorn

Method

1) Melt butter. Add brown sugar, glucose syrup and salt.

2) Bring to the boil. Boil for 5 minutes without stirring (turn down heat, while boiling so it doesn’t burn).

3) Remove from heat and add vanilla and baking soda.

4) Pour over popped popcorn.

5) Place on cookie sheets (I use large ceramic casserole dishes, so it doesn’t stick so much) and bake at 250F for one hour, stirring every 15 minutes.

6) Remove from oven to cool, stirring constantly to avoid clumping. Store in air-tight container.

Yum.