Caramel Corn

• 2 sticks butter
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1/2 cups light corn syrup
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 6 qts popped popcorn (1 cup unpopped popcorn)

Place popped popcorn into a brown paper bag. Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Melt butter in saucepan over medium/medium-high heat. Add the corn syrup, brown sugar and salt. Stir continually until mixture boils. Boil for approximately 5 minutes without stirring. Remove from heat. Add baking soda and vanilla. (Be careful when pouring the vanilla into the hot sugar mixture!) Stir well. Pour over popcorn and mix well. Bake for 1  hour, stirring well every 15 minutes. Let cool and break apart, if needed.

Enjoy!

Recipe from my wonderful Aunt Chloie Jan, via my mother!