Recipe of Beginners Popcorn Balls - Food Recipes

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BEGINNERS POPCORN BALLS

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Serving Size : 8
Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Candies

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2 qt Popped popcorn 1 c Sugar 1/3 c Corn syrup 1/3 c Water 1/4 c Butter 1/4 ts Salt 1 t Vanilla Preheat oven to 250. Put popcorn in a large, 4 inch deep butered baking pan. Keep warm in the oven. Combine sugar, cornsyrup, water, butter and salt in a large saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Cook until mixture reaches 250 on a candy thermometer, stirring frequently. Remove from heat. Quickly stir in vanilla. Remove popcorn from oven. Pour syrup mixture over popcorn, stirring to mix well. Form into balls. Makes approximately 8 balls Variations: To make Spice Balls, subsitute 1 tbs of powdered spice or crushed herbs for vanilla To make butter balls, increase the butter to 1/3 cup and increase the - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -