Butter Toffee Popcorn

Name: Butter Toffee Popcorn
Yield: Serves 14 (Makes about 3 1/2 quarts)
Ingredients: 3 quarts, popped popcorn (see note); 10 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks), unsalted butter; 1 1/2 cups packed (10½ ounces; 298 grams), light brown sugar; 1/2 cup, dark corn syrup; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1 1/2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon, baking soda; 2 cups, salted peanuts

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2010

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SERVES14 (Makes about 3 1/2 quarts)

TIME1½ to 2 hours, plus 20 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

When selecting the base for our Butter Toffee Popcorn, we avoided popcorn with heavy butter seasonings, which were too intense when we added our own butter. Instead of using a large roasting pan to bake our Butter Toffee Popcorn, we found w...

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