Quick Caramel Corn

Joan Nelson

quarts pop corn

cup brown sugar

teaspoon salt

½ cup butter

¼ cup light Karo syrup

½ teaspoon baking soda

Pop corn and place in brown paper grocery sack. Combine sugar, salt, butter, and syrup in

microwave bowl. Microwave on high for 4 minutes. Stir halfway through. When finished,

add baking soda and mix well. (Will turn to caramel.) Pour topping over popcorn in bag.

Fold top of bag over 2 or 3 times and shake to mix well. Place in microwave for 1 ½ minutes

and shake well, take out and shake. Microwave for 1 ½ minutes, then shake. Microwave for

45 seconds, then take out and shake. Microwave for 30 seconds, then shake. Pour onto

waxed paper or cookie sheets to cool and throw away the bag.

Caramel Corn

Sara Mueller

cups popped corn

cup packed brown sugar

3 tablespoons light corn syrup

¼ teaspoon baking soda

¼ teaspoon vanilla

1/3 cup butter or margarine

Remove all unpopped kernels from popped corn. Put popcorn into a 17 x 12 x 2 baking pan.

I use the bottom part of our broiler pan. In a 1 ½ quart saucepan, combine sugar, butter, and

corn syrup. Cook and stir over medium heat until butter melts and mixture comes to boiling.

Cook, stirring occasionally, to 255º (hard ball stage), about 4 minutes more. Remove from

heat. Add soda and vanilla. Pour over popcorn; stir to coat. Bake in a 300º oven for 15

minutes; stir. Bake 5 minutes more. Transfer to large bowl; cool. Good for giving as gifts.

Fanny Farmer Fudge

Joyce Mueller

½ cups sugar

large can evaporated milk

(6 oz.) packages chocolate chips

¼ pound margarine

3 teaspoons vanilla

2 cups chopped nuts

Bring sugar and milk to a boil. Boil 6 minutes. Remove from heat. Add chocolate chips,

margarine, and nuts. Put into buttered 9 x 13 pan and cool.

Rhubarb Jam

Harriet Stanley

cups rhubarb

cups sugar (I use less.)

1 small box raspberry jello

Mix rhubarb and sugar. Let stand overnight. In morning, boil mixture 5 minutes. Add jello.

Put in sterile jars. I freeze this.

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