Homeade Cracker Jacks
Homeade Cracker Jacks

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, homeade cracker jacks. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Combine brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, and salt together in a saucepan over medium-high heat. To make it, all you have to do is whip up the simplest caramel sauce (butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, and molasses) and pour it over plain popcorn and nuts. Toss, bake, then snack to your heart's content. Mix popcorn and peanuts in a large bowl or roasting pan.

Homeade Cracker Jacks is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Homeade Cracker Jacks is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook homeade cracker jacks using 9 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Homeade Cracker Jacks:
  1. Make ready 13 cup plain popped popcorn (about 1/2 cup kernels)
  2. Prepare 1 1/2 cup peanuts
  3. Get 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. Get 3 tbsp water
  7. Take 1/2 tsp salt
  8. Prepare 3 tsp vanilla
  9. Get 3/4 tsp baking soda

I used to love them when I was little but recently I had a box and it was a real let down. (And the prize was really lame as well.) This home made version sounds wonderful. This recipe alone is really quite basic. Feel free to mix it up and make it your own by swapping out toasted pepitas or another type of nut for the peanuts. A pinch of cinnamon and nutmeg would add a lovely seasonal warmth here as well.

Instructions 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

Feel free to mix it up and make it your own by swapping out toasted pepitas or another type of nut for the peanuts. A pinch of cinnamon and nutmeg would add a lovely seasonal warmth here as well. Add the sugar, corn syrup, and salt. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer. Homemade Cracker Jack is a great party snack, and your guests will be very impressed that you made this mixture from scratch.

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