Favorite Popcorn Balls

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups unpopped popcorn
• 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup molasses
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

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 2 quart saucepan, melt butter. stir in sugar, molasses, and salt. insert a candy thermometer in saucepan and boil sugar mixture on medium heat until the thermometer reads 260 degrees f(126 degrees c).
• pour syrup over corn, while stirring popcorn thoroughly. butter hands lightly. shape popcorn into 12 to 14 balls.