Peanut Popcorn Balls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. molasses
1 Tbsp. vinegar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 c. roasted peanuts
1/2 c. sugar
1/4 c. butter or margarine
10 c. popped popcorn, salted

Preparation

Mix sugar, molasses, vinegar and butter in saucepan.
Cook, stirring, until sugar dissolves.
Continue to cook without stirring until syrup forms a brittle ball in cold water.
Remove from heat.
Add vanilla, stirring only enough to mix it through the hot syrup.
Have corn and peanuts mixed well in a large bowl. Pour cooked syrup slowly over corn, mixing well.
Wet hands slightly and shape corn into balls.
Makes 12 balls.