Popcorn Balls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 c. popped corn
4 Tbsp. butter
1/2 c. sugar
1 c. molasses

Preparation

Place popped corn
in
a
large bowl.
Melt butter in a heavy saucepan; add
sugar
and
molasses and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and
boil
gently
without
stirring
for
3
to 5 minutes until it reaches 290\u00b0 or hard crack stage.\tWhen a bit of syrup dropped into
a
cup
of
cold
water
turns hard and brittle. Pour syrup\tin
a thin stream over popcorn, stirring with a wooden spoon until well mixed.
Try to cover as much of corn as possible with
syrup.
Cool\tenough to handle.
Press into balls with buttered hands.