Nutty Baked Caramel Corn

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• 3 quarts popped popcorn
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup dark corn syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups mixed nuts (your favs!)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 250 degrees.
• 2 place popped popcorn into a large 4" deep buttered baking pan and place it in the oven to keep warm.
• 3 in a large saucepan, melt the butter over low heat.
• 4 stir in brown sugar, corn syrup, and salt.
• 5 bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
• 6 boil without stirring for 5 minutes.
• 7 remove from the heat and quickly stir in the soda & vanilla.
• 8 remove popcorn from the oven.
• 9 slowly pour syrup mixture over popcorn and add nut mix, mixing well.
• 10 butter a 15.5"x10.5"x1" baking pan.
• 11 turn all into the pan.
• 12 bake at 250 degrees for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.
• 13 remove from oven & cool completely.
• 14 break or cut apart.
• 15 store in tightly covered container.