Easy Cracker Jacks
photo by karenkelleher
- Ready In:
- 1hr 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
-
20
ingredients
- 5 (2 2/3 ounce) packets microwave popcorn
- 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
- 1⁄2 cup white Karo
- 3 cups brown sugar (packed)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
directions
- Spray a large roasting pan very well with oil and set aside.
- In a large pan combine butter and Karo; add brown sugar when butter has melted. Stir well and bring to a boil. Once boiling starts set timer to 10 minutes.
- Pop all 5 bags of popcorn (I use lite) and pour into a very large bowl sprayed with oil ( I use a small deep tote).
- When sugar mixture is ready remove from heat and add vanilla, mix well then add soda and mix well.
- Pour mixture over popcorn and mix very well with a large wooden spoon (mixture will be very hot so be careful not to get on hands). Pour popcorn into the roasting pan and bake at 250°F for one hour.
- Pour cooked popcorn back into the deep tote and break up carefully with the wooden spoon. Continue to break up with the wooden spoon as the corn cools keep in a large sealed baggie.
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I am a grandmother of 5. mother of 2. I am the oldest of 7 children (5 sisters and 1 brother)We made a family cook book this year and are all ways looking for good recipes!