Caramel Popcorn - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/4 c. popcorn (raw weight)
1 lb. brown sugar
1 stick margarine
1/2 c. white Karo syrup
1/2 c. water
1 Tbsp. vanilla

Preparation

Pop the popcorn; salt to taste.
Place in roasting pan in 200\u00b0 oven to keep warm.
Mix remaining ingredients, excluding vanilla. Cook over medium heat to \"hard crack\" on a candy thermometer.
Add vanilla.
Pour over warm popcorn and stir to coat.
Spread out on a buttered counter to cool.
After cooled, break up and store in Ziploc bags.