Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, homeade cracker jacks. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Homeade Cracker Jacks is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Homeade Cracker Jacks is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
While homemade Cracker Jack may fit into my "snack bar" theme perfectly, I have a sneaking suspicion it will somehow find its way into plenty of other party menus. It's perfect for snacking during family movie night, hauling to a kids' little league game or baseball themed birthday, and even for giving as a hostess or holiday gift. This peanutty, caramelly popcorn recipe tastes close to the original.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook homeade cracker jacks using 9 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Homeade Cracker Jacks:
- Take 1/3 cup plain popped popcorn (about 1/2 cup kernels)
- Take 1 1/2 cup peanuts
- Make ready 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
- Get 1/2 cup corn syrup
- Prepare 9 tbsp unsalted butter (1 stick plus 1 tbsp)
- Get 3 tbsp water
- Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare 3 tsp vanilla
- Make ready 3/4 tsp baking soda
Stir in brown sugar, corn syrup and salt. Bring to a boil and stir constantly. Whether or not you are a fan of the original Cracker Jack, you'll love this updated version: Airy fresh popcorn, crisp buttery caramel, and crunchy salty peanuts make this caramel corn hard to stop eating. A couple of helpful tips: First, be sure to have all the ingredients measured out and all of the kitchen tools nearby before you get started.
Steps 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
Oh wow - I didn't know you could make homemade cracker jacks! The flavor that makes Cracker Jacks unique from classic caramel corn is the molasses syrup added in. History: Cracker Jack was introduced by F. The confection started as popcorn and peanuts covered in molasses, but people didn't like the stickiness. In a large saucepan over medium-high heat melt the butter.
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