Old-Time Popcorn Balls Recipe

Ingredients

Directions

1. 20 c Popcorn (1 cup unpopped) 2 c Sugar 1 c Water 1/2 c Light corn syrup 1 ts Vinegar 1/2 ts Salt 1 ts Vanilla Preheat oven to 300.
2. Remove all unpopped kernels from popped corn.
3. Put popcorn in a large roasting pan; keep warm in oven.
4. Butter the sides of a 2-quart saucepan.
5. In it combine sugar, water, corn syrup, vinegar, and salt.
6. Cook to 270 deg (soft-crack stage), stirring frequently (mixture should boil gently over entire surface).
7. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
8. Slowly pour mixture over hot popcorn.
9. Stir just until mixed.
10. Butter hands; using a buttered cup, sccop up popcorn mixture.
11. Shape with buttered hands into 2-1/2 to 3-inch balls.