Caramel Popcorn

Ingredients

• 5 quarts popped popcorn
• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 0.5 cup corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 0.5 teaspoon baking soda

Steps

1. Set out all the ingredients. Heat the oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C) and put the popcorn in a very large bowl.
2. Melt the butter over medium heat in a medium saucepan. Mix in the brown sugar, corn syrup and salt, stirring constantly as it comes to a boil. Once boiling, stop stirring and cook for 4 minutes.
3. Take the pan off the heat and stir in the vanilla and baking soda. While stirring the popcorn, pour the caramel over it in a thin stream, continuing until evenly coated.
4. Split the popcorn between two large, shallow, rimmed baking dishes. Bake in the heated oven, stirring every 15 minutes, for 1 hour.
5. Take the popcorn out and cool completely. Break it into pieces only after cooling, and enjoy.