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Homeade Cracker Jacks Recipe
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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook homeade cracker jacks using 9 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Homeade Cracker Jacks:
- Make ready 13 cup plain popped popcorn (about 1/2 cup kernels)
- Get 1 1/2 cup peanuts
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
- Take 1/2 cup corn syrup
- Get 9 tbsp unsalted butter (1 stick plus 1 tbsp)
- Make ready 3 tbsp water
- Get 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare 3 tsp vanilla
- Get 3/4 tsp baking soda
Instructions to make Homeade Cracker Jacks:
- Preheat oven to 250°.
- Line 2 baking trays with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl mix pipcorn and peanuts.
- In a medium sized saucepan combine brown sugar, corn syrup, butter, salt and water. Bring to boil over medium high heat and simmer for around 4 to 5 minutes or until a candy thermometer reaches 250°.
- Remove from heat and add vanilla and baking soda. Stir well. Mixture will be frothy.
- Immediately pour caramel mixture over popcorn and peanuts. Stir until all of the popcorn is coated well.
- Spread coated popcorn and peanuts onto the baking sheets in a single layer evenly.
- Bake both trays for 1 hour stirring every 20 minutes to keep the popcorn coated well as it bakes.
- Remove from oven and allow it to cool and harden completely.
- Gently break up the popcorn and store it in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
- Adapted from Brown Eyed Baker
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