Ingredients

15 cups popped popcorn

1 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup butter or stick margarine (do not use vegetable oil spreads!)

1/4 cup light corn syrup

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Preparation

  1. Heat oven to 200 degrees.
  2. Place popcorn in very large roasting pan, very large bowl, or divide popcorn between two ungreased pans, 13x9x2.
  3. Heat brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, and salt in 2 quart saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until bubbly around the edges. Continue cooking 5 minutes without stirring; remove from heat. Stir in baking soda until foamy.
  4. Pour sugar mixture over popcorn; toss until evenly coated. If using bowl, transfer mixture to 2 ungreased pans, 13x9x2".
  5. Bake 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Spread on aluminum foil. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Store tightly covered.

Source: Betty Crocker’s Cookbook Ninth Edition