Homeade Cracker Jacks
Homeade Cracker Jacks

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, homeade cracker jacks. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Homeade Cracker Jacks is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Homeade Cracker Jacks is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have homeade cracker jacks using 9 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Homeade Cracker Jacks:
  1. Prepare 1/3 cup plain popped popcorn (about 1/2 cup kernels)
  2. Get 1 1/2 cup peanuts
  3. Take 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
  4. Make ready 1/2 cup corn syrup
  5. Prepare 9 tbsp unsalted butter (1 stick plus 1 tbsp)
  6. Make ready 3 tbsp water
  7. Take 1/2 tsp salt
  8. Get 3 tsp vanilla
  9. Take 3/4 tsp baking soda
Steps to make Homeade Cracker Jacks:
  1. Preheat oven to 250°.
  2. Line 2 baking trays with parchment paper. Set aside.
  3. In a large bowl mix pipcorn and peanuts.
  4. 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°.
  5. Remove from heat and add vanilla and baking soda. Stir well. Mixture will be frothy.
  6. Immediately pour caramel mixture over popcorn and peanuts. Stir until all of the popcorn is coated well.
  7. Spread coated popcorn and peanuts onto the baking sheets in a single layer evenly.
  8. Bake both trays for 1 hour stirring every 20 minutes to keep the popcorn coated well as it bakes.
  9. Remove from oven and allow it to cool and harden completely.
  10. Gently break up the popcorn and store it in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
  11. Adapted from Brown Eyed Baker

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