Archive for November 6th, 2009
A Tasty Treat for the Holiday Season
Christmas is coming sooner than you or I might like to believe, especially in light of the fact that the holiday shopping isn’t even close to being complete. If I had any say in the matter, we’d push the celebration back a few weeks to allow for more preparation time. However, given that that December 25 date just won’t budge, I’ve already begun rounding up my traditional holiday recipes. Feel free to try out the following instructions for making popcorn balls. I like to add some red and green colored sugar for decoration at the end.
Ingredients:
¼ cup corn oil
½ cup bulk popcorn
½ cup corn syrup
½ cup granulated sugar
½ tsp. table salt
Directions:
1. Put the oil in a kettle over medium heat for just more than 2 minutes. Add popcorn, and cover most but not all of kettle. Shake kettle vigorously over heat until popping slows down considerably.
2. Mix sugar, salt and corn syrup, then add them to kettle. Toss them over medium heat for 4 minutes. Allow sugar to caramelize and popcorn to coat evenly.
3. Remove from heat, allow to cool slightly and shape into balls.