Time
25 min
Serving
10 persons
Calories
458
My Great Grandpa Apell made these old-fashioned crunchy popcorn balls for all his grandkids at Christmastime. He had a huge farm in Illinois with prize-winning corn. He lived to be 106 and claimed workin' the farm and eatin' corn was the secret!
Ingredients
- white sugar: 2 cups
- light corn syrup: 1 cup
- butter: 0.5 cup
- water: 0.25 cup
- salt: (to taste)
- vanilla extract: 1 tsp (optional)
- distilled white vinegar: 1 tsp (optional)
- quarts popped popcorn: 5 piece
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Stages of cooking
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Combine sugar, corn syrup, butter and water in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir and heat to hard-crack stage or 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Remove from heat, add vanilla or vinegar; mix well.
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Pour slowly over popped popcorn while stirring. Wait 5 minutes and shape into 3-inch round balls.
