Guest guest Posted June 4, 2009 Report Posted June 4, 2009 Grandma to the rescue! yes, I thought that sounded like caramel corn. Wouldn't that be good to eat warm?? On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Jeanne B <treazured wrote: > > > I made the HUGE mistake of having the husband person go to the grocery > store without my painstakingly carefully written list (names of what I need, > amounts, brand names, aisle things are found on, what to get if X is not > available, like that). I didn't feel like going in my wheelchair (dumb but > people can be so crass), so asked him to go. > > Oh sigh. Oh crumbs. He came home with a can of beets, a can of carrots (I > have never, ever in the past almost 43 years of marriage, used canned > carrots), a dozen eggs, HUGE box of Cheerios, 5 pounds of onions and 20 > pounds of potatoes. Usually I have things for making do on the shelves, but > we've been helping out two families worse off than we are, so I only had a > box of brown sugar, corn syrup, masa for tortillas, a pound bag of pinto > beans in the cupboard and maybe a half cup of flour. > > At least he remembered coffee beans but he also bought a box of mint tea. > BLEAH YUK PTOOIE BARF. I loathe mint tea. I despise mint tea. I really, > truly, honestly and absolutely thank you very much do NOT like mint tea. I > made him take it back to the store for a box of Constant Comment. > > So it's Thursday and somehow I managed to stretch the garbage - er - stuff > he bought into something to stick in our faces but last night our youngest > son came jonesing for a goodie. The boys had told him to visit us because > " Nana always has something for us. " They were hoping it would be Buckeyes > (like Ressee cups) or a big chocolate cake. > > Here's what I sent home with him. > > Caramel Cheerios > 1 cup butter (2 sticks) yes, you can use margarine but NOT the tub stuff as > it has water in it > 2 cups (1 box) light brown sugar > 1/4 cup (4 tablespoons) corn syrup or honey (I use honey) > 1/2 teaspoon baking soda > 1 cup roasted peanuts (optional) > 1 teaspoon vanilla extract > Huge box Cheerios (about 12 cups, approximately) > > Using my ancient, huge turkey roaster, I dumped the Cheerios in and put > them in a 250*F oven to warm. (trust me, it makes the caramel syrup coat > better) In a heavy pot, melt butter. Add brown sugar, corn syrup or honey > and bring to a boil, stirring. Once it is boiling, reduce the heat and let > it bubble without stirring, for about 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from the heat, > add the baking soda, vanilla extract and peanuts. > > Note: bubbling sugar syrup can give you a VERY bad burn. Use a long wooden > spoon to stir to the boiling point. If you get popped by the boiling syrup, > immediately put your hand in cold water. You will blister. > > Pour over heated Cheerios, stirring to coat. Bake at 250*F for an hour, > stirring occasionally. After it has cooled, store in either air tight > container or air tight bags. Once baked it will be crisply crunchy and sweet > without being too sweet. > > Except for the Cheerios, this is the basic recipe for caramel popcorn. It > makes about 2 gallons. Some recipes I've read which are similar, say this is > 40 servings. I guess those aren't kid servings or even old lady servings. > > The recipe doubles easily, but rather than using a pound of butter, use 2 > and 1/2 sticks of butter. You can even get away with using just 1 stick of > butter for the original recipe if you are stressing over calories or the > cupboard is getting bare. > > Jeanne in GA > > Quote
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2009 Report Posted June 4, 2009 That sounds like a mouthful of happiness to me! I can't wait to try it. Ande Quote
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