My mom (Linda) has made this every Christmas since 1976 when a friend of hers in Dallas shared the recipe. This is a holiday staple in our family - enjoy!
Combine:
2 cups of brown sugar
2 sticks of real butter
1/2 cup of white Karo syrup
1/4 tsp. of cream of tartar
Boil for 5 minutes
Remove from heat and add
1 1/4 tsp. of baking soda
Beat down the foam and pour over
6 quarts of plain popcorn (or enough to fill a turkey roasting pan)
(Linda recommends air popped Jolly Time Yellow Popcorn)*
Bake for 1 hour at 200 degrees, stirring every 15 minutes
*Linda suggests shaking the large container of popcorn for a few seconds so the "old maids" go to the bottom and then scooping it out into the roasting pan a cup-full at a time to avoid having un-popped kernels in your caramel corn. Even if it tastes spectacular, you'll be in the doghouse if someone chips their tooth!
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