Grandma Edna's Popcorn Balls Recipe
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Ingredients: 6 quarts popped corn (yellow)
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup white Karo syrup
1/3 cup water
1/4-1/3 cup butter (1/4 makes less greasy balls)
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 - 1 teaspoon vanilla
Oil for popping corn about 2 tablespoons per batch. About a 1/3 cup of popcorn will make 2 quarts of popcorn.
Cook syrup about 81/2 minutes in medium size pan.
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Directions:Cook Karo syrup, sugar, water, butter and salt until it forms a jelly ball when dropped in cold water. Grandma would always say when it clinks on the side it is ready. Also, the bubbles seem to go down in the center. Remove from heat, add vanilla. Stir just to mix well. Pour over corn mixture turning brown and stirring as you pour.
Form quickly into balls by lightly wetting your hands in water. Don't squeeze too hard when forming the balls. |
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Notes: Oh man, there are a lot of memories with this recipe. For over 60 years the Frei family has made popcorn balls for the Bethel's annual Christmas program. The program is usually comprised of the Bethel's Sunday School children. Preforming parts by grade level. Then the teens would put on a play of some sorts.
After the play we would handout candy and peanut bags that had been assembled prior to the program. Each person gets a bag, an apple, and a popcorn ball. Evreyone looked forward to these treats!
The Frei's made some of the popcorn balls. Also, Sonja Stayton used to make some too. Later on, Edna's family used to make 150 popcorn balls the Sunday of the program. Everyone would help in someway even by tasting to make sure they were good. They were made and put on wax paper to cool. Then put into individual sandwich bags.
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