Mom'S Caramel Corn - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup corn syrup
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
6 quarts popped popcorn

Preparation

Preheat oven to 250\u00b0F.
Melt butter and stir in sugar, syrup and salt.
Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
When boiling, continue to boil without stirring for 5 minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in baking soda & vanilla. (Careful: this will foam up!).
Place popped corn in 2 9 x 13 pans. Gradually pour caramel mixture over popped corn. Stir to coat.
Bake at 250F for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.