Caramel Corn Ii

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 cup unpopped popcorn
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup dark corn syrup
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Recipe

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.