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Cracker Jacks Recipe

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Category:
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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 1/2 cups un-popped corn

In sauce pan mix:
2 sticks of butter
2 cups packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white corn syrup
1/2 cup molasses
Directions:
Directions:
After popping corn, measure 20 cups corn and place in a large baking dish. Add 1 can of peanuts. Set aside.

For sauce, mix and boil 5 minutes, stirring. Remove from heat and add 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda and mix.

Pour over popcorn and mix well. Bake 1 hours @ 250º, stirring every 15 minutes. Remove from oven and pour mixture on a cookie sheet(s) to cool. Break up pieces as it cools.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This recipe comes from Burleen Jones (a cousin and second mother to me growing up on the farm).

 

 

 

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