Caramel Crunch - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 c. butter or margarine
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 c. corn syrup
1/4 c. water
1/8 tsp. salt
4 qt. plain popped corn
1 c. dry roasted peanuts

Preparation

Combine
butter,
sugar, brown sugar, corn syrup, water and salt in 2 quart saucepan.
Heat over medium heat, stirring until sugars
are dissolved.
Using a candy thermometer, cook syrup
to hard
ball\tstage (250\u00b0).
Pour syrup over combined popcorn
and peanuts
in a large bowl or Dutch oven.
Stir to coat
evenly using
a
long
handled spoon as mixture is hot. Allow to cool and break into clusters.
Makes 4 quarts.