Oven Caramel Corn

• servings: 12
• active time: 25 min
• total time: 1 hour 25 minutes

Ingredients

12 cups popped popcorn

1 1/2 cups walnut or pecan halves or 1 1/2 cups un blanched whole almonds

*COOK:

1 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup butter or margarine

1/4 cup light corn syrup

1/2 teaspoon salt

**ADD:

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Directions

Heat oven to 200ºF. Divide popcorn and pecans between 2 un greased rectangular pans, 13x9x2 inches.

1. Heat brown sugar, butter, corn syrup and salt in 3-quart saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until bubbly around edges.

2. Cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally; remove from heat. Stir in baking soda.

3. Pour mixture over popcorn and nuts; stir until well coated. Bake 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.