Hello, I am Laura. Today, we’re going to prepare homeade cracker jacks recipe. Never skip today’s recipe. This is a easy recipe to try and is one of my family food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tastier. This will be really delicious. Not to mention, it’s super satisfying.
Homeade Cracker Jacks Recipe
Homeade Cracker Jacks is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Homeade Cracker Jacks is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have homeade cracker jacks using 9 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Homeade Cracker Jacks:
- Take 13 cup plain popped popcorn (about 1/2 cup kernels)
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup peanuts
- Get 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
- Prepare 1/2 cup corn syrup
- Prepare 9 tbsp unsalted butter (1 stick plus 1 tbsp)
- Take 3 tbsp water
- Take 1/2 tsp salt
- Make ready 3 tsp vanilla
- Prepare 3/4 tsp baking soda
Instructions to make Homeade Cracker Jacks:
- Preheat oven to 250°.
- Line 2 baking trays with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl mix pipcorn and peanuts.
- In a medium sized saucepan combine brown sugar, corn syrup, butter, salt and water. Bring to boil over medium high heat and simmer for around 4 to 5 minutes or until a candy thermometer reaches 250°.
- Remove from heat and add vanilla and baking soda. Stir well. Mixture will be frothy.
- Immediately pour caramel mixture over popcorn and peanuts. Stir until all of the popcorn is coated well.
- Spread coated popcorn and peanuts onto the baking sheets in a single layer evenly.
- Bake both trays for 1 hour stirring every 20 minutes to keep the popcorn coated well as it bakes.
- Remove from oven and allow it to cool and harden completely.
- Gently break up the popcorn and store it in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
- Adapted from Brown Eyed Baker
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