Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, homemade cracker jack. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Homemade Cracker Jack is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Homemade Cracker Jack is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
Spread popcorn in the bottom of a large, deep roasting pan. Combine brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, and salt together in a saucepan over medium-high heat. The recipe for Cracker Jack is similar to caramel corn but with the addition of molasses and Spanish red peanuts.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have homemade cracker jack using 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Homemade Cracker Jack:
- Get 1 cup salted peanuts
- Prepare 10 cup popped popcorn
- Get 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- Make ready 1/2 tsp baking soda
- Take 1 cup brown sugar
- Take 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Get 1/2 cup butter
- Make ready 1 tbsp water
Mix popcorn and peanuts in a large bowl or roasting pan. Stir in sugar, corn syrup and salt. Bring to a rolling boil on medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in soda and vanilla.
Instructions to make Homemade Cracker Jack:
- Preheat oven to 350º. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.Spray a large bowk with cooking spray. Add popped popcorn and nuts.
- Combine br. Sugar, cornsyrup, butter and water in a pan simmer over medium high heat until temperature reaches 250º. Hard ball stage. Remove from heat. Add vanilla and soda pour over popcorn. Gently stir carmel over carmel until well coated.
- Pour mixture onto prepared pan.and spread out. Bake 1 hour. Stirring every 15 minutes. Remove from oven. Allow to cool. Carefully break up and store in air tight container.
Eating Cracker Jack brings back childhood memories of sticky caramel goodness and picking those last bits of salty peanuts (and the prize!) at the bottom of the box. The baking soda will foam, keep stirring until the foaming subsides. Add the peanuts and pour everything over the popcorn, tossing to coat evening. This will take a couple of minutes to do. Okay it's been spring for a while now, several weeks easily.
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