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     Title: Caramel Popcorn
Categories: Appetizers
     Yield: 9 Cups

     8 c  Popped popcorn (about 1/3 to
   3/4 c  Brown sugar, packed
   1/3 c  Margarine or butter
     3 tb Light corn syrup
   1/4 ts Baking soda
   1/4 ts Vanilla

 Preheat oven 300 F. Remove all unpopped kernels from popped corn.
 Place popcorn in greased 17x12x2-inch baking pan. Keep popcorn warm
 in a 300 F oven while making carmel mixture. Butter the sides of a
 heavy 1 1/2 quart saucepan. In saucepan combine brown sugar,
 margarine or butter, and corn syrup. Cook and stir over medium heat
 to boiling. Clip candy thermometer to side of pan. Cook and stir
 medium heat to 255 F hard-ball stage (about 4 minutes.) Remove
 saucepan from heat. Stir in baking soda and vanilla; pour over
 popcorn. Stir gently to coat. Bake in a 300 F oven for 15 minutes;
 stir. Bake 5 minutes more. Transfer popcorn mixture to large pieces
 of foil; cool completly. Break into clusters. Store tightly
 covered.  For an extra bonus you may want to add your favorite kind
 of peanut.

 From Mary in Boston, MA.

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