How to Make Tasy Nutty Caramel Corn

This article will teach you how to make nutty caramel corn. This is a great treat for laying around the house and watching football games.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• popcorn
• cashews
• brown sugar
• corn syrup
• butter
• salt
• cream of tartar
• baking soda
• waxed paper

1. Use 5 quarts of popped popcorn, 1 cup of unsalted cashews, 2 cups of packed light brown sugar, 1/2 cup of light corn syrup, 1 cup (2 sticks) of unsalted butter, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1/4 teaspoon of cream of tartar, and 1 teaspoon of baking soda.

2. Heat the oven to 200 degrees. Mix the popped corn and the cashews into a roasting pan.

3. In a 3 quart saucepan, combine the sugar, syrup, butter, salt and the cream of tartar. Bring the mixture to boiling and stir it over medium high. Without stirring boil it until is becomes the hard ball stage which is around 260 degrees on a candy thermometer for 6 to 8 minutes. Remove it from the heat and quickly stir in the baking soda. Pour the mixture over the popcorn into the roasting pan. Stir it to coat all of the popcorn in the pan.

4. Bake in the oven at 200 degrees for 1 house. Occasionally stir the mixture. After it is done spread the popcorn onto the waxed paper lined baking sheets. Let it cook. Break the popcorn apart and serve.

[cherylscott]

on 7/20/2009 Nice job. 5s.

[offgrid]

on 1/28/2009 Sounds delicious. I love cashews. 5 *