Oven Caramel Corn - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 qt. popped corn (don't salt)
2 c. brown sugar
1 c. margarine
1/2 c. light or dark Karo syrup
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. soda
1 c. dry roasted peanuts (optional)

Preparation

Place the popped corn in a large roaster.
Combine margarine (melt), sugar, syrup and salt together; boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
Stir in soda (will make it foamy).
Pour at once over popcorn.
Bake at 250\u00b0 for 1 hour, stirring thoroughly with egg spatula every 15 minutes.
Remove from oven; stir again and dump onto wax paper.
Break apart.
Let set for a few minutes. Store in airtight container.
Keeps a long time.